Lucina (bivalve)

Lucina
Temporal range: Devonian – Present, 388.1–0 Ma[1]
Fossil of Lucina species from Miocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Lucina
Bruguière, 1797
Type species
Venus pensylvanica Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Egraca Leach, 1852
  • Linga de Gregorio, 1885
  • Lucina (Linga) de Gregorio, 1885 (original rank)
  • Lucina (Lucina) Bruguière, 1797

Lucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.[2][3]

These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Lucina Bruguière 1797". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2006-11-24). "Lucinidae (Bivalvia) – the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 148 (3): 421–438. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00261.x.