Lucinisca
Shells of Lucinisca muricata (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Lucinisca
Dall, 1901
Type species
Lucina nassula
Conrad, 1846
Species

See text

Synonyms

Phacoides (Lucinisca) Dall, 1901 (original rank)

Lucinisca is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.[1]

Species

  • Lucinisca arrogans Olsson, 1964
  • Lucinisca bocasensis Olsson, 1922
  • Lucinisca calhounensis (Dall, 1903)
  • Lucinisca centrifuga (Dall, 1901)
  • Lucinisca cribraria (Say, 1824)
  • Lucinisca fenestrata (Hinds, 1845)
  • Lucinisca muricata (Spengler, 1798)
  • Lucinisca nassula (Conrad, 1846)
  • Lucinisca nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
  • Lucinisca plesiolophus (Dall, 1900)
  • Lucinisca protista Woodring, 1982
  • Lucinisca roigi (Maury, 1925)
  • Lucinisca silicata (Mansfield, 1937)

References

  • Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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