Pillucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.[1]
Species
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Pillucina australis Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
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Pillucina copiosa Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2007
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Pillucina hawaiiensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
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Pillucina maestratii Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
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Pillucina mauritiana Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
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Pillucina neglecta Habe, 1960
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Pillucina pacifica Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001
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Pillucina pisidium (Dunker, 1860)
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Pillucina profusa Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
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Pillucina symbolica (Iredale, 1930)
- Synonyms
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Pillucina angela (Melvill, 1899): synonym of Rugalucina angela (Melvill, 1899)
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Pillucina denticula Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001: synonym of Pusillolucina denticula (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2001) (original combination)
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Pillucina pusilla Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016: synonym of Pusillolucina pusilla (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016) (original combination)
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Pillucina spaldingi (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Pillucina hawaiiensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (junior synonym)
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Pillucina vietnamica Zorina, 1978: synonym of Rugalucina vietnamica (Zorina, 1978) (original combination)
References
- Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181
- Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. , 2016. Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia), in HEROS V., STRONG E. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 208: 65-234
- Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
