''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater

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s, marine

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molluscs Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

in the subfamily Lucininae of the family

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Species

* † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca calhounensis'' (Dall, 1903) * '' Lucinisca centrifuga'' (Dall, 1901) * † ''

Lucinisca cribraria ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Say, 1824) * ''

Lucinisca fenestrata ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Hinds, 1845) * ''

Lucinisca muricata ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Spengler, 1798) * ''

Lucinisca nassula ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Conrad, 1846) * ''

Lucinisca nuttalli ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Conrad, 1837) * † ''

Lucinisca plesiolophus ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Dall, 1900) * †''

Lucinisca protista ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' Woodring, 1982 * † ''

Lucinisca roigi ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † '' Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † '' Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † '' Lucinisca cal ...

'' (Maury, 1925) * † ''

Lucinisca silicata ''Lucinisca'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.† Species * † ''Lucinisca arrogans'' Olsson, 1964 * † ''Lucinisca bocasensis'' Olsson, 1922 * † ''L ...

'' (Mansfield, 1937)

References

* Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society ublication 182 319 pp. * Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

Dall W.H. (1901). Synopsis of the Lucinacea and of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23: 779-833, pls 39-42

aylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Zootaxa. 4196(3): 301-380
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