Biology:Pleurolucina leucocyma
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Pleurolucina leucocyma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | Pleurolucina |
| Species: | P. leucocyma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lucina leucocyma Dall, 1886 (original combination) | |
Pleurolucina leucocyma, or the saw-toothed pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.[1]
It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2]
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. "Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021
- ↑ 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.
- Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. "Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico", pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
- Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
External links
- Dall W.H. (1886). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer 'Blake', Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda." Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9
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