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Lucina (Lucinisca)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucinisca was named by Dall (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Phacoides (Lucinisca) by Glenn (1904), Oldroyd (1925) and Gardner (1943); it was reranked as Lucina (Lucinisca) by Chavan (1937), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Cox et al. (1969), Dockery (1982) and Moore (1988).

It was assigned to Phacoides by Glenn (1904), Oldroyd (1925) and Gardner (1943); to Lucininae by Woodring (1982); to Lucina by Chavan (1937), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Cox et al. (1969), Dockery (1982) and Moore (1988); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Lucinisca Dall
1904Phacoides (Lucinisca) Glenn p. 340
1925Phacoides (Lucinisca) Oldroyd p. 5
1937Lucina (Lucinisca) Chavan p. 240
1941Lucina (Lucinisca) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1943Phacoides (Lucinisca) Gardner p. 77
1969Lucina (Lucinisca) Cox et al. p. 492
1982Lucina (Lucinisca) Dockery p. 57
1982Lucinisca Woodring p. 617
1988Lucina (Lucinisca) Moore p. D9
2002Lucinisca Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLucinaBruguière 1797
subgenusLucinisca(Dall 1901)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901
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Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Lucinisca bocasensis Olsson 1922
Lucinisca costaricensis Olsson 1922
Lucinisca hispaniolana Maury 1917
Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931
Lucinisca muricata Spengler 1798
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846
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Invalid names: Lucinisca lintea Conrad 1846 [synonym]
Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Phacoides antecedens Arnold 1907 [synonym]
Lucinisca protista Woodring 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available