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Lucina
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Lucinacea
Family:
Lucinidae
Subfamily:
Lucininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lucina BRUGUIÈRE, 1797 [non Lucina Lamarck, 1799]
Type Species:
*Venus edentula LINNE, 1758; SM LA~IARCK, 1799 (=Anodontia alba LINK, 1807, type-species of Anodontia, OD)
Images
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Fig. E2,6. *L. (L.) jamaicensis (Spengler), Rec., USA(Fla.), 6 a-c, LV and RV hinges, LV ext., X0.8 (513, Perry).
Synonyms
Egraca, Dentilucina, Phacoides
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Afr.-Asia-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret..
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Medium-sized to large, subtrapezoidal, more or less flattened, with well-marked dorsal areas, sculpture of somewhat evenly spaced concentric lamellae with some areas smoother than remainder of disc, cardinals two, straight, 3a obsolete, 3b and 4b oblique and compressed, laterals with posterior ones distant, anterior scars elongate, inner shell margin with fine crenulations which tend to vanish. [For type species (vol. N-3 correction -- "Application to ICZN submitted by MYRA KEEN and R. TUCKER ABBOTT for conservation of Lucina in sense accepted by CHAVAN. Generic names published with figures but no descriptions by DESHAYES, 1857, are available, for the zoological Code (Art. 16,a,i) stipulates that pre-1931 names accompanied by illustrations but no descriptions are validly "indicated."]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Lucinacea
Family:
Lucinidae
Subfamily:
Lucininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lucina BRUGUIÈRE, 1797 [non Lucina Lamarck, 1799]
Type Species:
*Venus edentula LINNE, 1758; SM LA~IARCK, 1799 (=Anodontia alba LINK, 1807, type-species of Anodontia, OD)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E2,6. *L. (L.) jamaicensis (Spengler), Rec., USA(Fla.), 6 a-c, LV and RV hinges, LV ext., X0.8 (513, Perry).
Synonyms
Egraca, Dentilucina, Phacoides
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Afr.-Asia-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret..
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Medium-sized to large, subtrapezoidal, more or less flattened, with well-marked dorsal areas, sculpture of somewhat evenly spaced concentric lamellae with some areas smoother than remainder of disc, cardinals two, straight, 3a obsolete, 3b and 4b oblique and compressed, laterals with posterior ones distant, anterior scars elongate, inner shell margin with fine crenulations which tend to vanish. [For type species (vol. N-3 correction -- "Application to ICZN submitted by MYRA KEEN and R. TUCKER ABBOTT for conservation of Lucina in sense accepted by CHAVAN. Generic names published with figures but no descriptions by DESHAYES, 1857, are available, for the zoological Code (Art. 16,a,i) stipulates that pre-1931 names accompanied by illustrations but no descriptions are validly "indicated."]