Laternula

Laternula is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Laternulidae.^[1][2]

Laternula
Shell of Laternula takekosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:	Thracioidea
Family:	Laternulidae
Genus:	Laternula Röding, 1798
Type species
Solen anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Anatina Lamarck, 1818 (invalid: junior homonym of Anatina Schumacher, 1817; Butor and Butorella are replacement names) Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Butor Gistel, 1848 Butorella Strand, 1928 Laternula (Laternula) Röding, 1798 Laternulina Habe, 1952

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

• Laternula albertensis Russell & Landes, 1937
• Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Laternula argentea (Reeve, 1863) (taxon inquirendum)
• Laternula boschasina (Reeve, 1860)
• Laternula bullata (Reeve, 1863)
• Laternula corrugata (Reeve, 1863)
• Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
• Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832)
• Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
• Laternula impura (Pilsbry, 1901)
• Laternula japonica (Lischke, 1872)
• Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
• Laternula navicula (Reeve, 1863)
• Laternula takekosugei Thach, 2020