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Pleurolucina leucocyma

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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]

The updated location of this species is now confirmed only to be found in marine areas surrounding Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Pleurolucina leucocyma's location is commonly confused with its sister species Pleurolucina harperae, which is found in the Caribbean.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. "Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021
  • Glover, E. A., & Taylor, J. D. (2016). Pleurolucina from the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans: a new intertidal species from Curaçao with unusual shell microstructure (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae). ZooKeys, 620(620), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.620.9569
  • 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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