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Discolucina virginea

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina virginea was named by Deshayes (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Discolucina.

It was recombined as Discolucina virginea by Glover and Taylor (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Lucina virginea Deshayes p. 379
2007Discolucina virginea Glover and Taylor p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusDiscolucina
speciesvirginea(Deshayes 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Discolucina virginea Deshayes 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available