''Pillucina'' is a genus of saltwater
clams,
marine
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bivalve
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molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family
Lucinidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pillucina Pilsbry, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147102 on 2022-01-14
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Species
* ''
Pillucina australis''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
* ''
Pillucina copiosa''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2007
* ''
Pillucina hawaiiensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1885)
* ''
Pillucina maestratii''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
* ''
Pillucina mauritiana
''Pillucina'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pillucina Pilsbry, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
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Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
* ''
Pillucina neglecta''
Habe, 1960
* ''
Pillucina pacifica''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
* ''
Pillucina pisidium''
(Dunker, 1860)
* ''
Pillucina profusa''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
* ''
Pillucina symbolica''
(Iredale, 1930)
;Synonyms:
* ''Pillucina angela''
(Melvill, 1899): synonym of ''
Rugalucina angela''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''Pillucina denticula''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001: synonym of ''
Pusillolucina denticula''
(Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001) (original combination)''
* ''Pillucina pusilla''
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016: synonym of ''
Pusillolucina pusilla'' (
Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016) (original combination)
* ''Pillucina spaldingi''
(Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of ''Pillucina hawaiiensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1885) (junior synonym)
* ''Pillucina vietnamica''
Zorina, 1978: synonym of ''
Rugalucina vietnamica''
(Zorina, 1978) (original combination)
References
* Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181
* Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. , 2016. Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia), in HEROS V., STRONG E. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 208: 65-234
* Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society
ublication 182 319 pp.
External links
Pilsbry, H. A. (1921). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, XIV-XV. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 72: 360-383Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65Glover, E.A.; Taylor, J.D. (2001). Systematic revision of Australian and Indo-Pacific Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Pillucina, Wallucina and descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 263-292.
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Lucinidae
Bivalve genera