''Pleurolucina leucocyma'', or the saw-toothed pen shell, is a species of

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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in the subfamily Lucininae of the

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Lucinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase
"Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)"
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021 It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from

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to the

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.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 48.

References

* 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 ublication 182 319 pp.

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* Dall W.H. (1886)
"Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer 'Blake', Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda."
''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College''. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9 Lucinidae Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Molluscs described in 1886 Taxa named by William Healey Dall {{bivalve-stub