Pleurolucina harperae

Photo: John Taylor

Classification

Lucinidae [family]
Pleurolucina [genus] (3)
harperae [species]

Classification

Lucinidae [family]
Pleurolucina [genus] (3)
harperae [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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    Notes on presence status Pleurolucina leucocyma was previously recorded from Bonaire and Curaçao. Glover and Taylor (2016) introduced a new species for Curaçao, which is probably the species of Pleurolucina that occurs around the Dutch Caribbean Islands. Pleurolucina harperae has a distribution around southern America. Previous records of Pleurolucina leucocyma are therefore most likely misidentifications and belong to this species.

    Publications

    • Glover, E.A., Taylor, J.D. 2016. Pleurlucina from the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans: a new intertidal species from Curaçao with unusual shell microstructure (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae). ZooKeys 620: 1-19.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Kristensen, I. 1968. Gegevens over de Mollusken van Curaçao uitgezonderd de Mariene Gastropoden. Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Supplement Suppl. 1968: 45 pp..
    • Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. 2016. Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Zootaxa 4196(3): 301-380. [link]