Laternula
Genus of bivalves
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Laternula is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Laternulidae.[1][2]
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| Laternula | |
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| Shell of Laternula takekosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Anomalodesmata |
| Superfamily: | Thracioidea |
| Family: | Laternulidae |
| Genus: | Laternula Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Solen anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
- Laternula albertensis Russell & Landes, 1937
- Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Laternula argentea (Reeve, 1863) (taxon inquirendum)
- Laternula boschasina (Reeve, 1860)
- Laternula bullata (Reeve, 1863)
- Laternula corrugata (Reeve, 1863)
- Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
- Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832)
- Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
- Laternula impura (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Laternula japonica (Lischke, 1872)
- Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
- Laternula navicula (Reeve, 1863)
- Laternula takekosugei Thach, 2020