Radiolucina amianta

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Radiolucina amianta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Radiolucina
Species:
R. amianta
Binomial name
Radiolucina amianta
(Dall, 1901)
Synonyms
List
  • Linga amianta(Dall, 1901)
  • Linga amiantus [lapsus]
  • Lucina amianta(Dall, 1901)
  • Lucina amiantus [lapsus]
  • Parvilucina amianta(Dall, 1901)
  • Phacoides (Bellucina) amiantusDall, 1901

Lucina amiantus, or the decorated lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. [1]

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil. [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Radiolucina amianta (Dall, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464261 on 2021-05-16
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 48.