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| Shell of Pillucina pacifica (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | Pillucina Pilsbry, 1921 |
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| Loripes (Pillucina) spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921 | |
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Pillucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.
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)
References
- 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
- 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 . 319 pp.
External links
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1921). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, XIV-XV. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 72: 360-383
- Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65
- Glover, 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.
Media related to Pillucina at Wikimedia Commons
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