Common Name | Common basket lucina |
Language | English |
Type | FAO |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Locality | |
Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | person (eponym) |
1st Modifier | morphology |
2nd Modifier | mod. for abundance |
Remarks | 'lucina' might come from the Roman goddess, Lucina, who represented light and birth, i.e., these shells are usually light colored, round and plump; 'basket' here probably refers to the spires of the shells ressembling those of a basket. |