Wallucina Iredale, 1930

Glover, Emily A. & Taylor, John D., 2007, Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou, Zoosystema 29 (1), pp. 109-181 : 161-162

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5392295
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14936986
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scientific name	Wallucina Iredale, 1930
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Genus Wallucina Iredale, 1930 View in CoL

Wallucina Iredale, 1930: 390 View in CoL . Type species: Lucina jacksoniensis Smith, 1885 View in CoL (prior valid name Wallucina assimilis (Angas, 1867)) View in CoL (original designation).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shells small, subcircular in outline. Moderately inflated, relatively thin-shelled. Sculpture of fine, closely spaced commarginal lamellae, sometimes slightly raised to posterior, fine radial stri ations sometimes present. Hinge plate narrow. RV with single cardinal tooth and posterior lateral tooth, anterior lateral absent or very small. LV with two cardinal teeth and a posterior lateral tooth. Ligament internal, set in elongate,oblique resilifer.Anterior adductor muscle scar elongate, detached from pallial line for about 1/2 to 1/3 of length. Pallial line irregularly lobed and divided. Inner shell margin finely crenulate.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Lucinida
Family	Lucinidae