Anodontia alba, or the buttercup lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, its range extending from North Carolina in the United States to the West Indies.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Buttercup Lucine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pegophysema schrammi
- Phacoides pectinatus
- Lucinoma borealis
- Loripes orbiculatus
- Callucina keenae
- Lucina pensylvanica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Lucinida
- Family
- Lucinidae
- Genus
- Anodontia
- Species
- Anodontia alba
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