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Beautiful lucine

Ctena bella (Conrad, 1837)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The beautiful lucine (Ctena bella) is a species in the family Lucinidae, order Lucinida.

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Quick facts about the beautiful lucine

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beautiful lucine live?

Not recorded

Is the beautiful lucine endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beautiful lucine classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderLucinida
  5. familyLucinidae
  6. genusCtena
  7. SpeciesCtena bella (Conrad, 1837)

Synonyms Codakia bella, Ctena gunnamatta, Epicodakia bella, Epicodakia gunnamatta, Lucina bella, Lucina fibula, Lucina ramulosa

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ヒメツキガイJapanese
  • 둥근달꽃잎조개Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beautiful lucine

Other species in the same genus Ctena.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the beautiful lucine?

The beautiful lucine (Ctena bella) belongs to the family Lucinidae in the order Lucinida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beautiful lucine (Ctena bella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beautiful-lucine

MLA

“Beautiful lucine (Ctena bella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beautiful-lucine.

BibTeX
@misc{beautiful_lucine_2026,
  title = {Beautiful lucine (Ctena bella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beautiful-lucine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}