Lucinidae

Lucinidae
Temporal range: Silurian – Present
Divaricella huttoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Fleming, 1828
Genera

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Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.[1]

  1. ^ 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. ISSN 0024-4082.