Wallucina | |
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Shell of Wallucina fijiensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
Family: | Lucinidae |
Genus: |
Wallucina Iredale, 1930 |
Type species | |
Lucina (Loripes) jacksoniensis E. A. Smith, 1885 | |
Synonyms | |
Wallucina (Wallucina) Iredale, 1930 |
Wallucina is a chemosymbiotic bivalve genus in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae. [1]
This marine genus occurs in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off temperate Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Wallucina | |
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Shell of Wallucina fijiensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
Family: | Lucinidae |
Genus: |
Wallucina Iredale, 1930 |
Type species | |
Lucina (Loripes) jacksoniensis E. A. Smith, 1885 | |
Synonyms | |
Wallucina (Wallucina) Iredale, 1930 |
Wallucina is a chemosymbiotic bivalve genus in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae. [1]
This marine genus occurs in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off temperate Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)