Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Lucina 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
- Loripes orbiculatus
- Phacoides pectinatus
- Epilucina californica
- Zemysina orbella
- Semele proficua
- Dosinia exoleta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Lucinida
- Family
- Lucinidae
- Genus
- Lucinoma
- Species
- Lucinoma borealis
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