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Tiger lucine

Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The tiger lucine (Codakia orbicularis) is a species in the family Lucinidae, order Lucinida.

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Quick facts about the tiger 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 tiger lucine live?

Not recorded

Is the tiger 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 tiger lucine classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderLucinida
  5. familyLucinidae
  6. genusCodakia
  7. SpeciesCodakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chama codak, Lucina orbicularis, Semele warburtoni, Venus orbicularis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • lucina americkáCzech
  • almeja blancaSpanish
  • Кодакия округлаяRussian
  • lucina pruhovanáSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiger lucine

Other species in the same genus Codakia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tiger lucine?

The tiger lucine (Codakia orbicularis) 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). Tiger lucine (Codakia orbicularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/codakia-orbicularis

MLA

“Tiger lucine (Codakia orbicularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/codakia-orbicularis.

BibTeX
@misc{codakia_orbicularis_2026,
  title = {Tiger lucine (Codakia orbicularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/codakia-orbicularis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}