Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucinisca, Phacoides (Lucinisca)
Parent taxon: Lucina according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Cox et al. 1969, Dockery 1982, Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904, Oldroyd 1925, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Lucina (Cyclas), Lucina (Dentilucina), Lucina (Divaricella), Lucina (Lucina), Lucina (Microloripes), Lucina (Paslucina), Lucina (Quasilucina), Lucina (Recurvella), Lucina (Recurvella) dolabra, Lucina aegra, Lucina affinis, Lucina alcatrazis, Lucina amica, Lucina anceps, Lucina aquiana, Lucina bella, Lucina benoisti, Lucina bernayi, Lucina bicristata, Lucina bisculpta, Lucina bombifrons, Lucina brevifulcrata, Lucina callipteryx, Lucina cecchii, Lucina civatensis, Lucina coeloprocta, Lucina colusaensis, Lucina crassidens, Lucina credneri, Lucina crenulata, Lucina cretacea, Lucina dalikiensis, Lucina dalli, Lucina darchiaciana, Lucina dartoni, Lucina dautzenbergi, Lucina decorata, Lucina delaunayi, Lucina dentifera, Lucina divaricata, Lucina djunggranganensis, Lucina dubia, Lucina exquisita, Lucina fabuloides, Lucina fischeriana, Lucina gaylordi, Lucina gunyoungensis, Lucina inca, Lucina kellumi, Lucina kemedjingensis, Lucina kiawahensis, Lucina lefevrei, Lucina leucomomorpha, Lucina liasina, Lucina limopsis, Lucina lirata, Lucina liratula, Lucina luciniolae, Lucina lycetti, Lucina mattiformis, Lucina menardi, Lucina metablata, Lucina metableta, Lucina minutissima, Lucina nana, Lucina narica, Lucina nasuta, Lucina neglecta, Lucina neuquensis, Lucina nuciformis, Lucina orbicularis, Lucina ortmanni, Lucina ozarkana, Lucina pagana, Lucina papyracea, Lucina pensylvanica, Lucina perlevis, Lucina petrolei, Lucina pharaonis, Lucina plebeja, Lucina pomilia, Lucina postradiata, Lucina projecta, Lucina querida, Lucina radiata, Lucina rotundata, Lucina salomoni, Lucina semperiana, Lucina simplex, Lucina somalica, Lucina subcurta, Lucina subnumismalis, Lucina subobliqua, Lucina subsquamulata, Lucina tjibodasiana, Lucina washingtonensis, Lucina wattsi, Lucina whitei
Subtaxa: Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta Lucina (Lucinisca) fluctivaga Lucina (Lucinisca) menuda Lucina (Lucinisca) varisculpta Lucinisca bocasensis Lucinisca calhounensis Lucinisca centrifuga Lucinisca costaricensis Lucinisca cribrarius Lucinisca fenestrata Lucinisca hispaniolana Lucinisca mirandana Lucinisca muricata Lucinisca nassula Lucinisca nuttalli Lucinisca protista
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (4 collections), Ecuador (1), Haiti (2), Mexico (8), Panama (3), United States (73: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (1), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (24: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (2), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (3), Mexico (2), Panama (13), Puerto Rico (5), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (26: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Panama (1), United States (24: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Texas)
Total: 244 collections including 247 occurrences