Laternula

Laternula
Shell of Laternula takekosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:	Thracioidea
Family:	Laternulidae
Genus:	Laternula Röding, 1798
Type species
Solen anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Anatina Lamarck, 1818 (invalid: junior homonym of Anatina Schumacher, 1817; Butor and Butorella are replacement names) Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Butor Gistel, 1848 Butorella Strand, 1928 Laternula (Laternula) Röding, 1798 Laternulina Habe, 1952

Laternula is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Laternulidae.^[1][2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]