Cavilucina Explained

Cavilucina is a genus of bivalves in the family Lucinidae.

Overview of species

• Cavilucina citrina (Angas, 1879)
• Cavilucina fieldingi (H. Adams, 1871)
• Cavilucina pamela (Melvill & Standen, 1907)

Fossil species

• †Cavilucina elegans Fischer, 1887 (Lutetian of France)
• †Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata (Lamarck, 1806)
• †Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) bellona d'Orbigny 1850
• †Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) orbignyana d'Archiac 1843
• †Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) subgeometrica Fischer 1969

Names brought to synonymy:

• †Cavilucina elegans (Deshayes, 1823), a synonym of Fimbria soverbii (Reeve, 1842).^[1]

External links

• • • Cavilucina elegans at the World Mollusc Species Data base

Notes and References

1. https://www.gbif.org/species/4588022 Cavilucina elegans (Deshayes, 1823) at gbif