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Lucinisca nassula

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina nassula was named by Conrad (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; North Carolina-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Phacoides nassula by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Lucinisca nassula by Dall (1901) and Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Phacoides luciniolae

Synonyms
  • Lucina lintea was named by Conrad (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; North Carolina-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Phacoides (Parvilucina) lintea by Woodring et al. (1924); it was synonymized subjectively with Lucinisca nassula by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Lucina lintea Conrad
1846Lucina nassula Conrad
1901Lucinisca nassula Dall
1924Phacoides (Parvilucina) lintea Woodring and et al.
1962Phacoides nassula Richards
1982Lucinisca nassula Woodring p. 617

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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
genusLuciniscaBruguière 1797
speciesnassula(Conrad 1846)

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.

Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846
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Invalid names: Lucinisca lintea Conrad 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Phacoides lintea (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lucina nassula (61309) Lucinisca nassula (69029 79787 79788 79789) Phacoides nassula (41501 41718 79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lucinisca nassula (80030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Phacoides lintea (60880 60883)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Phacoides nassula (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lucina nassula (61310) Phacoides nassula (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lucina nassula (61311) Lucinisca nassula (96538) Phacoides nassula (41715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Phacoides nassula (66742)