Pleurolucina leucocyma explained

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

The updated location of this species is now confirmed only to be found in marine areas surrounding Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Pleurolucina leucocyma's location is commonly confused with its sister species Pleurolucina harperae, which is found in the Caribbean.

References

• Glover, E. A., & Taylor, J. D. (2016). Pleurolucina from the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans: a new intertidal species from Curaçao with unusual shell microstructure (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae). ZooKeys, 620(620), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.620.9569
• 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.

External links

• Dall W.H. (1886). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer 'Blake', Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda." Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171–318, pls 1-9

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. "Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021