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Family: Lucinidae lucinas (See list of species below)

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159 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anodontia alba [Buttercup lucine]	No picture found Anodontia bullula []	Anodontia edentula [Toothless lucine]
No picture found Anodontia fragilis []	No picture found Anodontia hawaiensis []	No picture found Anodontia ovum []
No picture found Anodontia philippiana [Chalky buttercup lucine]	No picture found Anodontia pila []	No picture found Anodontia schrammi []
No picture found Anodontia stearnsiana []	No picture found Anodontia vesicula []	Austriella corrugata [Corrugate lucine]
No picture found Bathyaustriella thionipta []	No picture found Bretskya scapula []	No picture found Callucina keenae []
No picture found Callucina lacteola []	No picture found Cardiolucina civica []	No picture found Cardiolucina pisiformis []
No picture found Cardiolucina rehderi []	No picture found Cardiolucina semperiana []	No picture found 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]	Codakia distinguenda []
No picture found Codakia golikovi []	Codakia interrupta [Interrupted lucine]	No picture found Codakia nux []
Codakia orbicularis [Tiger lucine]	Codakia orbiculata [Dwarf tiger lucine]	No picture found Codakia paytenorum []
No picture found Codakia pectinella [Little-comb lucine]	Codakia punctata [Punctate lucine]	No picture found Codakia simplex []
Codakia tigerina [Pacific tiger lucine]	No picture found Cryptophysema trulla []	Ctena bella [Divergent lucine]
No picture found Ctena decussata []	No picture found Ctena divergens []	No picture found Ctena orbiculata []
No picture found Ctena pectinella []	No picture found Discolucina virginea []	No picture found Divalinga arabica []
No picture found Divalinga eburnea []	No picture found Divalinga quadrisulcata [Cross-hatched lucine]	No picture found Divalinga weberi []
No picture found Divalucina cumingi []	No picture found Divaricella divaricata []	No picture found Divaricella irpex []
No picture found Divaricella ornata []	No picture found Divaricella ornatissima []	No picture found Egracina dentata [Dentate lucine]
No picture found Epicodakia consettiana []	No picture found Epicodakia falklandica []	No picture found Epicodakia minuata []
No picture found Epicodakia neozelanica []	No picture found Epicodakia nodulosa []	No picture found Epicodakia sweeti []
No picture found Euanodontia perplexa []	No picture found Ferrocina multiradiata []	Fimbria fimbriata [Common basket lucina]
Fimbria soverbii [Elegant basket lucina]	No picture found Funafutia levukana []	No picture found Gonimyrtea avia []
No picture found Gonimyrtea concinna []	No picture found Gonimyrtea fidelis []	No picture found Gonimyrtea pamela []
No picture found Lamellolucina dentifera [Toothed lucine]	No picture found Lamellolucina pilbara []	No picture found Lepidolucina belepia []
No picture found Lepidolucina odontotis []	No picture found Lepidolucina venusta []	No picture found Leucosphaera diaphana []
No picture found Leucosphaera salamensis []	Linga amiantus [Decorated lucine]	No picture found Linga cancellaris []
No picture found Linga leucocymoides []	No picture found Liralucina craticula []	No picture found Liralucina lifouina []
No picture found Liralucina vaubani []	No picture found Loripes brasilianus []	No picture found Loripes lacteus []
Loripes lucinalis []	No picture found Loripes pertenuis []	No picture found Lucina amianta [Miniature lucine]
No picture found Lucina beliziana []	No picture found Lucina bermudensis []	No picture found Lucina cumingi []
No picture found Lucina ephraimi []	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]	Lucina muricata []
No picture found Lucina nassula []	No picture found Lucina pectinata [Thick lucine]	No picture found Lucina pensylvanica [Pennsylvania lucine]
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 Lucinisca muricata [Spinose lucine]
No picture found Lucinisca nassula [Woven lucine]	No picture found Lucinisca nuttalli [Nuttall lucine]	No picture found Lucinoma annulata [Ringed lucine]
No picture found Lucinoma atlantis []	No picture found Lucinoma blakeanum [Blake lucine]	Lucinoma borealis []
No picture found Lucinoma filosa []	No picture found Lucinoma filosum [Northeast lucine]	No picture found Lucinoma galathea []
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 Meganodontia acetabulum []
No picture found Megaxinus unguiculinus []	No picture found Myrtea amorpha []	No picture found Myrtea compressa [Compressed lucine]
No picture found Myrtea lens [Lens lucine]	No picture found Myrtea pristiphora []	No picture found Myrtea sagrinata [Arrow lucine]
No picture found Myrtea spinifera [Spiny myrtea]	No picture found Myrteopsis lens []	No picture found Myrtina leptolira []
No picture found Myrtina porcata []	No picture found Neophysema phenax []	No picture found Notomyrtea fabula []
No picture found Notomyrtea vincentia []	No picture found Parvidontia laevis []	No picture found Parvilucina clenchi []
No picture found Parvilucina costata [Costate lucine]	No picture found Parvilucina crenella []	Parvilucina multilineata [Many-line lucine]
No picture found Parvilucina tenuisculpta [Fine-line lucine]	No picture found Phacoides pectinata []	No picture found Phacoides pectinatus []
No picture found Pillucina copiosa []	No picture found Pillucina izuensis []	No picture found Pillucina pacifica []
No picture found Pillucina pisidia []	No picture found Pillucina striata []	No picture found Pillucina vietnamica []
No picture found Pillucina yamakawai []	No picture found Pleurolucina hendersoni []	No picture found Pleurolucina leucocyma []
No picture found Pleurolucina sombrerensis []	No picture found Poumea coselia []	No picture found Radiolucina amianta []
No picture found Rasta thiophila []	No picture found Scabrilucina victorialis []	No picture found Solelucina koumacia []
No picture found Stewartia floridana []	No picture found Troendleina marquesana []	No picture found Wallucina fijiensis []

159 Species of Family Lucinidae
(lucinas)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anodontia alba	Buttercup lucine	Central Pacific and Weste	5.68 NG
Anodontia bullula		Eastern Indian Ocean
Anodontia edentula	Toothless lucine	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL
Anodontia fragilis		Mediterranean Sea
Anodontia hawaiensis		Indo-Pacific.	2.56 SHL
Anodontia ovum		Indo-Pacific	3.9 SHL
Anodontia philippiana	Chalky buttercup lucine	Indo-West Pacific and Wes	7.1 SHL
Anodontia pila		Indo-West Pacific.
Anodontia schrammi		Western Central Atlantic.	10.4 DL
Anodontia stearnsiana		Western Pacific.
Anodontia vesicula		Indo-West Pacific.	4.82 SHL
Austriella corrugata	Corrugate lucine	Indo-Pacific	7 SHL
Bathyaustriella thionipta		Southwest Pacific
Bretskya scapula		Western Central Pacific	0.84 SHL
Callucina keenae		Western Central Atlantic.
Callucina lacteola		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cardiolucina civica		Western Pacific.
Cardiolucina pisiformis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cardiolucina rehderi		Western Atlantic.	0.42 DL
Cardiolucina semperiana		Western Indian Ocean
Cardiolucina undula		Western Central Pacific	0.45 SHL
Cavatidens imajimai		Northwest Pacific
Cavatidens omissa		Southwest Pacific
Cavilinga blanda		Western Atlantic.
Codakia costata		Western Central Atlantic
Codakia cubana	Cuba lucine	Western Atlantic
Codakia distinguenda		Eastern Pacific
Codakia golikovi		Northwest Pacific
Codakia interrupta	Interrupted lucine	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 SHL
Codakia nux		Western Atlantic.
Codakia orbicularis	Tiger lucine	Western Atlantic.	7.5 NG
Codakia orbiculata	Dwarf tiger lucine	Western Atlantic
Codakia paytenorum		Indo-West Pacific.	5.5 SHL
Codakia pectinella	Little-comb lucine	Western Atlantic
Codakia punctata	Punctate lucine	Indo-Pacific	10 SHL
Codakia simplex		Western Central Pacific
Codakia tigerina	Pacific tiger lucine	Indo-Pacific	10 SHL
Cryptophysema trulla		Indo-West Pacific
Ctena bella	Divergent lucine	Indo-Pacific	3.5 SHL
Ctena decussata		Mediterranean Sea
Ctena divergens		Indo-Pacific.
Ctena orbiculata		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Ctena pectinella		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Discolucina virginea		Western Central Pacific	4.7 SHL
Divalinga arabica		Mediterranean Sea.
Divalinga eburnea		Southeast Pacific
Divalinga quadrisulcata	Cross-hatched lucine	Western Atlantic.	2.4 NG
Divalinga weberi		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Divalucina cumingi		Southwest Pacific
Divaricella divaricata		Northeast Atlantic
Divaricella irpex		Eastern Indian Ocean
Divaricella ornata		Western Central Pacific
Divaricella ornatissima		Western Indian Ocean
Egracina dentata	Dentate lucine	Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Epicodakia consettiana		Eastern Indian Ocean	2.5 SHL
Epicodakia falklandica		Western Atlantic.
Epicodakia minuata		Western Indian Ocean	0.97 TL
Epicodakia neozelanica		Southwest Pacific
Epicodakia nodulosa		Western Central Pacific	1.66 SHL
Epicodakia sweeti		Indo-Pacific	1.83 SHL
Euanodontia perplexa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ferrocina multiradiata		Western Central Pacific	1.8 SHL
Fimbria fimbriata	Common basket lucina	Indo-Pacific	9.5 SHL
Fimbria soverbii	Elegant basket lucina	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHL
Funafutia levukana		Indo-Pacific	0.6 SHH
Gonimyrtea avia		Western Central Pacific	1.1 TL
Gonimyrtea concinna		Southwest Pacific
Gonimyrtea fidelis		Western Central Pacific	1.01 TL
Gonimyrtea pamela		Western Indian Ocean
Lamellolucina dentifera	Toothed lucine	Western Indian Ocean
Lamellolucina pilbara		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lepidolucina belepia		Western Central Pacific	1.35 SHL
Lepidolucina odontotis		Western Central Pacific
Lepidolucina venusta		Central Indo-West Pacific	3.4 SHL
Leucosphaera diaphana		Western Central Pacific	0.6 SHL
Leucosphaera salamensis		Western Indian Ocean.
Linga amiantus	Decorated lucine	Western Central Atlantic
Linga cancellaris		Southeast Pacific
Linga leucocymoides		Southeast Pacific
Liralucina craticula		Western Central Pacific	0.45 SHL
Liralucina lifouina		Western Central Pacific	0.72 SHL
Liralucina vaubani		Central Pacific	0.32 SHL
Loripes brasilianus		Western Atlantic.
Loripes lacteus		Mediterranean and Black S
Loripes lucinalis		Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Loripes pertenuis		Southeast Pacific
Lucina amianta	Miniature lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina beliziana		Western Central Atlantic
Lucina bermudensis		Western Atlantic.
Lucina cumingi		Western Central Pacific
Lucina ephraimi		Western Central Atlantic
Lucina floridana	Florida lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina katherinepalmerae		Western Atlantic.
Lucina keenae	Dosinia lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina leucocyma	Four-rib lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina muricata		Western Atlantic
Lucina nassula		Western Central Atlantic
Lucina pectinata	Thick lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina pensylvanica	Pennsylvania lucine	Western Atlantic and East	5.1 DL
Lucina radians		Western Central Atlantic
Lucina scarlatoi		Western Pacific
Lucina sombrerensis	Sombrero lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucina trisulcata	Three-ridge lucine	Western Atlantic
Lucinella divaricata		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Lucinisca muricata	Spinose lucine	Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Lucinisca nassula	Woven lucine	Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Lucinisca nuttalli	Nuttall lucine	East Pacific.
Lucinoma annulata	Ringed lucine	Northeast Pacific and Nor	8.2 SHL
Lucinoma atlantis		Western Atlantic
Lucinoma blakeanum	Blake lucine	Atlantic Ocean	3.1 DL
Lucinoma borealis		Eastern Atlantic and the
Lucinoma filosa		Atlantic Ocean.	6 DL
Lucinoma filosum	Northeast lucine	Atlantic Ocean
Lucinoma galathea		Southwest Pacific
Lucinoma japonica		Northwest Pacific
Lucinoma kazani		Mediterranean Sea.
Lucinoma lamellata		Southeast Pacific, Southw
Lucinoma spectabilis		Northwest Pacific
Lucinoma spelaeum		Mediterranean Sea.
Meganodontia acetabulum		Northwest Atlantic	15 SHL
Megaxinus unguiculinus		Mediterranean Sea
Myrtea amorpha		Mediterranean Sea.
Myrtea compressa	Compressed lucine	Western Atlantic.
Myrtea lens	Lens lucine	Western Atlantic
Myrtea pristiphora		Western Atlantic	0.75 DL
Myrtea sagrinata	Arrow lucine	Western Atlantic.
Myrtea spinifera	Spiny myrtea	Northeast Atlantic and th
Myrteopsis lens		Western Atlantic	1.8 DL
Myrtina leptolira		Western Central Pacific	1.65 SHL
Myrtina porcata		Western Central Pacific	1.08 SHL
Neophysema phenax		Western Atlantic.	0.98 DL
Notomyrtea fabula		Western Pacific
Notomyrtea vincentia		Western Central Pacific	0.94 SHL
Parvidontia laevis		Western Central Pacific	1.07 SHL
Parvilucina clenchi		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL
Parvilucina costata	Costate lucine	Western Atlantic.
Parvilucina crenella		Western Atlantic.
Parvilucina multilineata	Many-line lucine	Western Atlantic
Parvilucina tenuisculpta	Fine-line lucine	Northeast Pacific	1.5 SHL
Phacoides pectinata		Western Atlantic.
Phacoides pectinatus		Western Atlantic.	5.8 DL
Pillucina copiosa		Western Central Pacific	0.41 SHL
Pillucina izuensis		Northwest Pacific
Pillucina pacifica		Western Central Pacific
Pillucina pisidia		Northwest Pacific
Pillucina striata		Western Pacific
Pillucina vietnamica		Indo-West Pacific
Pillucina yamakawai		Pacific Ocean.
Pleurolucina hendersoni		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Pleurolucina leucocyma		Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Pleurolucina sombrerensis		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Poumea coselia		Western Central Pacific	1.02 SHL
Radiolucina amianta		Western Atlantic	0.9 DL
Rasta thiophila		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scabrilucina victorialis		Western Indian Ocean
Solelucina koumacia		Western Central Pacific	2.33 SHL
Stewartia floridana		Western Central Atlantic	3.6 DL
Troendleina marquesana		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Wallucina fijiensis		Indo-Pacific.	1.5 SHH

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