Wallucina | |
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Shell of Wallucina fijiensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
Family: | Lucinidae |
Genus: | Wallucina Iredale, 1930 |
Type species | |
Lucina (Loripes) jacksoniensisE. A. Smith, 1885 | |
Synonyms | |
Wallucina (Wallucina)Iredale, 1930 |
Wallucina is a chemosymbiotic bivalve genus in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae. [1]
This marine genus occurs in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off temperate Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
Paradrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Lucina amiantus, or the decorated lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae.
Pleurolucina leucocyma, or the saw-toothed pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.
Anodontia philippiana, or the chalky buttercup, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. It can be found burrowing in soft substrate in shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, its range extending from North Carolina in the United States to the West Indies and Bermuda.
Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
Lucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
Nucinellidae is a family of bivalves, in the order Solemyida. Its species are small and principally reside in deep-water environments. The species' average length is less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), the largest species being Nucinella boucheti at a length of 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The family's characteristic features include large gills and reduced palps and their appendages; oval shells with few hinge teeth; they possess a single adductor muscle and one divided foot exhibiting papillae. The family contains two known genera: Huxleyia and Nucinella. Speaking of Nucinella, the genus' ligament system is of the simple arched type, lacking nymphae. Regarding the former, the system is "submerged" beneath its dorsal margin.
Radiolucina is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lucinidae.
Lucinisca is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.
Pleurolucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.
Lucinoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Codakiinae of the family Lucinidae.
Phacoides is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lucinidae.
Pillucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.
Pseudolucinisca is a genus of bivalves in the subfamily Leucosphaerinae belonging to the family Lucinidae.
Rostrilucina is a genus of bivalves on the subfamily Myrteinae, belonging to the family Lucinidae.
Saccella is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Nuculanidae.
Taylorina is a genus of bivalves on the subfamily Myrteinae, belonging to the family Lucinidae.
Troendleina is a chemosymbiotic bivalve genus in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.