Laternula is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Laternulidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
- Laternula albertensis
- Laternula anatina
- Laternula argentea (taxon inquirendum)
- Laternula boschasina <small>(Reeve, 1860)</small>
- Laternula bullata <small>(Reeve, 1863)</small>
- Laternula corrugata <small>(Reeve, 1863)</small>
- Laternula creccina <small>(Reeve, 1860)</small>
- Laternula elliptica <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>
- Laternula gracilis <small>(Reeve, 1860)</small>
- Laternula impura <small>(Pilsbry, 1901)</small>
- Laternula japonica <small>(Lischke, 1872)</small>
- Laternula laterna <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Laternula navicula <small>(Reeve, 1863)</small>
- Laternula takekosugei <small>Thach, 2020</small>
References
External links
- Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
- Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp
- Megerle von Mühlfeld J.C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, plate 3
- Aller, R. C. (1974). Prefabrication of shell ornamentation in the bivalve Laternula. Lethaia. 7(1): 43-56.
- Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123(2): 360-376
- Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219