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

Pleurolucina
Shell of Pleurolucina hendersoni (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Pleurolucina
Dall, 1901
Type species
Lucina leucocyma Dall, 1886
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Synonyms
  • Dallucina Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Lucina (Pleurolucina) Dall, 1901
  • Phacoides (Pleurolucina) Dall, 1901 (original rank)

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurolucina Dall, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415838 on 2021-05-18
  • 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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