WoRMS taxon details
Lucinoma atlantis (R. A. McLean, 1936)
156791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156791)
accepted
Species
Lucina (Lucinoma) atlantis R. A. McLean, 1936 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lucina atlantis R. A. McLean, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lucina (Lucinoma) atlantis R. A. McLean, 1936) McLean, R. A. (1936). A new deep-water Lucina from off Maryland. The Nautilus. 49(3): 87, pl. 5, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527722 [details]
Type locality contained in Maryland Shelf, North Atlantic
type locality contained in Maryland Shelf [details]
type locality contained in North Atlantic [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in North Atlantic [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution "Known only from the holotype and we have seen no other comparable material. Bivalves identified as this species are widely...
Distribution "Known only from the holotype and we have seen no other comparable material. Bivalves identified as this species are widely reported from sites of hydrocarbon seeps off Louisiana in the northern Gulf of Mexico but specimens we have examined from this region differ from the holotype of L. atlantis." [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lucinoma atlantis (R. A. McLean, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156791 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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(of Lucina (Lucinoma) atlantis R. A. McLean, 1936) McLean, R. A. (1936). A new deep-water Lucina from off Maryland. The Nautilus. 49(3): 87, pl. 5, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527722 [details]
basis of record Taylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2017). A new species of Lucinoma from 240–500 m on the continental shelf break off Newfoundland (Bivalvia: Lucinidae). The Nautilus. 131(2): 127-137. [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 161, fig. 74d [details]
basis of record Taylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2017). A new species of Lucinoma from 240–500 m on the continental shelf break off Newfoundland (Bivalvia: Lucinidae). The Nautilus. 131(2): 127-137. [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 161, fig. 74d [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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additional source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Maryland Shelf [details]
- type locality contained in North Atlantic [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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Distribution "Known only from the holotype and we have seen no other comparable material. Bivalves identified as this species are widely reported from sites of hydrocarbon seeps off Louisiana in the northern Gulf of Mexico but specimens we have examined from this region differ from the holotype of L. atlantis." [details]
