Lucina pensylvanica
Appearance
Lucina pensylvanica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
Family: | Lucinidae |
Genus: | Lucina |
Species: | L. pensylvanica
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Binomial name | |
Lucina pensylvanica |
Lucina pensylvanica, or the Pennsylvania lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]
References
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 48.