Lucina pensylvanica (Pennsylvania lucine clam) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16188530671)
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Description: Lucina pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1758) - interior of a left valve of the Pennsylvania lucine, 1.85 cm across at its widest. Family Lucinidae (Silurian to Holocene) - the lucine clams are infaunal, filter feeding bivalves occupying a variety of substrate types in marine to estuarine settings, including extremophile environments (e.g., anoxia, hydrothermal seafloor vents, cold seeps). Date: 5 March 2011, 00:46. Source: Lucina pensylvanica (Pennsylvania lucine clam) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Autobranchia
- Heteroconchia
- Euheterodonta
- Imparidentia
- Lucinida (Lucinoida)
- Lucinoidea
- Lucinidae
- Lucininae
- Lucina
- Lucina pensylvanica
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