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Family: Lucinidae lucinas



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Max. Length 5.7 cm NG
 
Anodontia alba
[Buttercup lucine]
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Anodontia bullula
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Anodontia edentula(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Anodontia edentula
[Toothless lucine]
No picture found
 
Anodontia edentuloides
[]
No picture found
 
Anodontia fragilis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm SHL
 
Anodontia hawaiensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SHL
 
Anodontia ovum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.1 cm SHL
 
Anodontia philippiana
[Chalky buttercup lucine]
No picture found
 
Anodontia pila
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.4 cm DL
 
Anodontia schrammi
[]
No picture found
 
Anodontia stearnsiana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SHL
 
Anodontia vesicula
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Austriella corrugata(Deshayes, 1843)

Photo by FAO
 
Austriella corrugata
[Corrugate lucine]
No picture found
 
Bathyaustriella thionipta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm SHL
 
Bretskya scapula
[]
No picture found
 
Callucina keenae
[]
No picture found
 
Callucina lacteola
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina australopilula
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina civica
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina crassilirata
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina eucosmia
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina pisiformis
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina quadrata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cardiolucina rehderi
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina rugosa
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina semperiana
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina siquijorensis
[]
No picture found
 
Cardiolucina sperabilis
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Cardiolucina undula
[]
No picture found
 
Cavatidens imajimai
[]
No picture found
 
Cavatidens omissa
[]
No picture found
 
Cavilinga blanda
[]
No picture found
 
Codakia costata
[]
No picture found
 
Codakia cubana
[Cuba lucine]
No picture found
 
Codakia decussata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific

Codakia distinguenda(Tryon, 1872)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Codakia distinguenda
[]
No picture found
 
Codakia golikovi
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Codakia interrupta(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by FAO
 
Codakia interrupta
[Interrupted lucine]
No picture found
 
Codakia nux
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 7.5 cm NG
Codakia orbicularis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Codakia orbicularis
[Tiger lucine]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Codakia orbiculata(Montagu, 1808)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Codakia orbiculata
[Dwarf tiger lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
 
Codakia paytenorum
[]
No picture found
 
Codakia pectinella
[Little-comb lucine]
No picture found
 
Codakia portoricana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Codakia punctata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Codakia punctata
[Punctate lucine]
No picture found
 
Codakia simplex
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Codakia tigerina(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Codakia tigerina
[Pacific tiger lucine]
No picture found
 
Cryptophysema trulla
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Ctena bella(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by FAO
 
Ctena bella
[Divergent lucine]
No picture found
 
Ctena decussata
[]
No picture found
 
Ctena divergens
[]
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Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Ctena orbiculata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Ctena pectinella
[]
No picture found
 
Ctena transversa
[]
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Max. Length 4.7 cm SHL
 
Discolucina virginea
[]
No picture found
 
Divalinga arabica
[]
No picture found
 
Divalinga eburnea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm NG
 
Divalinga quadrisulcata
[Cross-hatched lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Divalinga weberi
[]
No picture found
 
Divalucina cumingi
[]
No picture found
 
Divaricella angulifera
[]
No picture found
 
Divaricella divaricata
[]
No picture found
 
Divaricella irpex
[]
No picture found
 
Divaricella ornata
[]
No picture found
 
Divaricella ornatissima
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Egracina dentata
[Dentate lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
 
Epicodakia consettiana
[]
No picture found
 
Epicodakia falklandica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm TL
 
Epicodakia minuata
[]
No picture found
 
Epicodakia neozelanica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm SHL
 
Epicodakia nodulosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm SHL
 
Epicodakia sweeti
[]

Coltro, Marcus

East Pacific.

Epilucina californica(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Epilucina californica
[California lucine]
No picture found
 
Euanodontia perplexa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm SHL
 
Ferrocina multiradiata
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm SHL
Fimbria fimbriata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Fimbria fimbriata
[Common basket lucina]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Fimbria soverbii(Reeve, 1841)

Photo by FAO
 
Fimbria soverbii
[Elegant basket lucina]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHH
 
Funafutia levukana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Gonimyrtea avia
[]
No picture found
 
Gonimyrtea concinna
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm TL
 
Gonimyrtea fidelis
[]
No picture found
 
Gonimyrtea pamela
[]
No picture found
 
Here excavata
[Pit lucine]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina dentifera
[Toothed lucine]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina gemma
[]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina jawa
[]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina oliveri
[]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina pilbara
[]
No picture found
 
Lamellolucina trisulcata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm SHL
 
Lepidolucina belepia
[]
No picture found
 
Lepidolucina odontotis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm SHL
 
Lepidolucina venusta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Leucosphaera diaphana
[]
No picture found
 
Leucosphaera salamensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Linga amiantus(Dall, 1886)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Linga amiantus
[Decorated lucine]
No picture found
 
Linga cancellaris
[]
No picture found
 
Linga leucocymoides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Liralucina craticula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm SHL
 
Liralucina lifouina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm SHL
 
Liralucina vaubani
[]
No picture found
 
Loripes brasilianus
[]
No picture found
 
Loripes lacteus
[]

FAO

Western Indian Ocean, Nor

Loripes lucinalis(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by FAO
 
Loripes lucinalis
[]
No picture found
 
Loripes pertenuis
[]
No picture found
 
Loripinus fragilis
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina amianta
[Miniature lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucina aurantia
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina beliziana
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina bermudensis
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina cumingi
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina ephraimi
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina excavata
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina fenestrata
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina floridana
[Florida lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucina katherinepalmerae
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina keenae
[Dosinia lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucina leucocyma
[Four-rib lucine]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Lucina muricata(Sprengler, 1798)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lucina muricata
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina nassula
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina nuttalli
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina pectinata
[Thick lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm DL
 
Lucina pensylvanica
[Pennsylvania lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucina podagrina
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina radians
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina scarlatoi
[]
No picture found
 
Lucina sombrerensis
[Sombrero lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucina trisulcata
[Three-ridge lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucinella divaricata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Lucinisca muricata
[Spinose lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Lucinisca nassula
[Woven lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucinisca nuttalli
[Nuttall lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.2 cm SHL
 
Lucinoma annulata
[Ringed lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma antarctica
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma atlantis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Lucinoma blakeanum
[Blake lucine]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the

Lucinoma borealis(Linneaus, 1767)

Photo by FAO
 
Lucinoma borealis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Lucinoma filosa
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma filosum
[Northeast lucine]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma galathea
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma heroica
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma japonica
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma kazani
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma lamellata
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma spectabilis
[]
No picture found
 
Lucinoma spelaeum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm SHL
 
Meganodontia acetabulum
[]
No picture found
 
Megaxinus unguiculinus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.2 cm DL
 
Miltha childrenae
[]
No picture found
 
Myrtea amorpha
[]
No picture found
 
Myrtea compressa
[Compressed lucine]
No picture found
 
Myrtea lens
[Lens lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Myrtea pristiphora
[]
No picture found
 
Myrtea sagrinata
[Arrow lucine]
No picture found
 
Myrtea spinifera
[Spiny myrtea]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Myrteopsis lens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm SHL
 
Myrtina leptolira
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm SHL
 
Myrtina porcata
[]
No picture found
 
Myrtina pristiphora
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Neophysema aphanes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Neophysema phenax
[]
No picture found
 
Notomyrtea botanica
[]
No picture found
 
Notomyrtea fabula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm SHL
 
Notomyrtea vincentia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm SHL
 
Parvidontia laevis
[]
No picture found
 
Parvilucina approximata
[Beaked lucine]
No picture found
 
Parvilucina blanda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.1 cm DL
 
Parvilucina clenchi
[]
No picture found
 
Parvilucina costata
[Costate lucine]
No picture found
 
Parvilucina crenella
[]
No picture found
 
Parvilucina mazatlanica
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Parvilucina multilineata(Tuomey & Holmes, 1857)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Parvilucina multilineata
[Many-line lucine]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm SHL
 
Parvilucina tenuisculpta
[Fine-line lucine]
No picture found
 
Phacoides pectinata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.8 cm DL
 
Phacoides pectinatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm SHL
 
Pillucina copiosa
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina hawaiiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina izuensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina pacifica
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina pisidia
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina spaldingi
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina striata
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina vietnamica
[]
No picture found
 
Pillucina yamakawai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Pleurolucina hendersoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Pleurolucina leucocyma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Pleurolucina sombrerensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm SHL
 
Poumea coselia
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudomiltha tixierae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Radiolucina amianta
[]
No picture found
 
Rasta thiophila
[]
No picture found
 
Scabrilucina victorialis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SHL
 
Solelucina koumacia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Stewartia floridana
[]
No picture found
 
Tellidorella cristulata
[]
No picture found
 
Troendleina marquesana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm SHH
 
Wallucina fijiensis
[]


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