Lucina amiantus, or the decorated lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Radiolucina amianta (Dall, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464261 on 2021-05-16
It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 48.
References
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, College Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society Garfinkle E. A. R. (2012) A review of North American Recent Radiolucina (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 205: 19–31
External links Dall W.H. (1901). Synopsis of the Lucinacea and of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23: 779-833, pls 39-42.,