# Wallucina

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***Wallucina*** is a chemosymbiotic bivalve genus in the subfamily [Lucininae](/source/Lucininae) of the family [Lucinidae](/source/Lucinidae).[1]

## Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off temperate Australia ([New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(state)), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia))

## Species

- *[Wallucina assimilis](/source/Wallucina_assimilis)* (Angas, 1868)
- *[Wallucina fijiensis](/source/Wallucina_fijiensis)* (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- † *[Wallucina simulans](/source/Wallucina_simulans)* (Tate, 1887)

**Synonyms**

- *Wallucina izuensis* Okutani & Matsukuma, 1982 synonym of *[Epicodakia izuensis](/source/Epicodakia_izuensis)* (Okutani & Matsukuma, 1982)
- *Wallucina lamyi* (Chavan, 1938): synonym of *[Chavania striata](/source/Chavania_striata)* (Tokunaga, 1906)
- *Wallucina striata* (Tokunaga, 1906): synonym of *[Chavania striata](/source/Chavania_striata)* (Tokunaga, 1906)
- *Wallucina xishaensis* Lan, 1997 (unavailable name: no description)

## References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Wallucina Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205773](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205773) on 2023-09-19

- Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp.
- Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp.
- Williams, S.T., Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the Lucinoidea (Bivalvia): non-monophyly and separate acquisition of bacterial chemosymbiosis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70(2): 187-202
- Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2006. Lucinidae (Bivalvia) – the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148(3): 421-438
- Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181

## External links

- [Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65](http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121105083511/http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf) 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- [Glover, E.A.; Taylor, J.D. (2001). Systematic revision of Australian and Indo-Pacific Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Pillucina, Wallucina and descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 263-292.](http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17926/1349_complete.pdf)

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