Lucine Clams
Lucinidae
Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
Lucininae
subfamilyLucininae
Codakiinae
subfamilyCodakiinae
Leucosphaerinae
subfamilyLeucosphaerinae
Pegophyseminae
subfamilyPegophyseminae
Basket Lucinas
subfamilyFimbriinae
Myrteinae
subfamilyMyrteinae
Monitilorinae
subfamilyMonitilorinae
Milthinae
subfamilyMilthinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83709.