Lucinidae – Lucininae: Cardiolucina crassilirata (Tate, 1887) (‘thick-grooved lucine’)
Synonym(s): crassilirata Tate, 1887.
Typical shell-length 12 mm. Lives subtidally in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).
Classification
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Subfamily: Lucininae
Genus: Cardiolucina
Localities for Cardiolucina crassilirata
Bridport: beach
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Georges Bay: Moulting Bay (unlocalised)
Georges Bay (unlocalised)
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greens Beach: main beach
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
Lime Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tamar River: Swan Bay
Tasmania (unlocalised)
