Pleurolucina leucocyma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Pleurolucina
Species:
P. leucocyma
Binomial name
Pleurolucina leucocyma
(Dall, 1886)
Synonyms

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

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. "Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021
  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.
  • 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.


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