Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Lucinoida > Superfamily Lucinoidea

Lucinidae Fleming, 1828

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anodontia Link, 1807
Cavatidens Iredale, 1930
Cavilucina Fischer, 1887
Codakia Scopoli, 1777
Ctena Mörch, 1861
Divalinga Chavan, 1951
Divaricella Martens, 1880
Loripes Poli, 1791
Loripinus Monterosato, 1884
Lucina Bruguière, 1797
Lucinella Monterosato, 1884
Lucinoma Dall, 1901
Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880
Myrtea Turton, 1822

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: cirkelschelpen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: hatchet shells sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: hatchet shells

Literature

basis of record

Taylor J. D., Glover E. A., Smith L., Dyal P. & Williams S. T. (2011) Molecular phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 15-49.

additional source

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.

redescription

Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P. (2014). Lucinidae Fleming, 1828. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218

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Occurrence

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Environment


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2011-04-03 by Philippe Bouchet

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