Pillucina

Genus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pillucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Lucinida
Family:Lucinidae
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Pillucina
Shell of Pillucina pacifica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Pillucina
Pilsbry, 1921
Type species
Loripes (Pillucina) spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921
Species

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Synonyms
  • Loripes (Pillucina) Pilsbry, 1921 (basionym)
  • Sydlorina Iredale, 1930
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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 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)

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