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Pennsylvania lucine

Lucina pensylvanica

Classification

Family
Lucinidae

Lucina pensylvanica, commonly known as the Pennsylvania lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. Taxonomy This mollusc was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, who gave it the name Venus pensylvanica. He spelt the specific name incorrectly, with only a single "n" in the first syllable, but by the law of priority laid down in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the original spelling is retained even if it contained an error.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 188United Kingdom · 15Mexico · 5Cuba · 4Netherlands · 3France · 2