''Laternula'' is a genus of
bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
s belonging to the family
Laternulidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Laternula Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138106 on 2021-06-10]
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
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Laternula albertensis''
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Laternula anatina''
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Laternula argentea'' (taxon inquirendum)
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Laternula boschasina''
(Reeve, 1860)
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Laternula bullata''
(Reeve, 1863)
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Laternula corrugata''
(Reeve, 1863)
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Laternula creccina''
(Reeve, 1860)
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Laternula elliptica
''Laternula elliptica'' is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Laternulidae, the lantern shells. It is the largest bivalve found under the surface of the seabed in the Southern Ocean.
Discovery
The species was ...
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(P. P. King, 1832)
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Laternula gracilis''
(Reeve, 1860)
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Laternula impura''
(Pilsbry, 1901)
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Laternula japonica''
(Lischke, 1872)
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Laternula laterna''
(Lamarck, 1818)
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Laternula navicula''
(Reeve, 1863)
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Laternula takekosugei''
Thach, 2020
References
External links
Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 ppLamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 ppMegerle von Mühlfeld J.C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, plate 3 Aller, R. C. (1974). Prefabrication of shell ornamentation in the bivalve Laternula. Lethaia. 7(1): 43-56.* Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.;
Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018)
Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123(2): 360-376Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
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Laternulidae
Bivalve genera