Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall 1886)

Pleurolucina leucocyma, or the saw-toothed pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.^[1]

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.^[2]

References

• Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. "Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico", pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
• Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.

Pleurolucina leucocyma is een tweekleppigensoort uit de familie van de Lucinidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1886 door Dall.