Lucinisca nassula
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Lucinidae
- Genus: Lucinisca
- Species: Lucinisca nassula (Conrad, 1846)
- Common Name: Woven lucine
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Cuba to Georgia.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1846, p. 24-25):
"Lentiform, equilateral, with concentric lamelliform striae, distant above, approximate towards the base: and with approximate radiating prominent lines; posterior side compressed towards the margin, and with one or two of the radiating striae larger than the rest; lunule large, ovate-acute, prominently striated; inner margin deeply crenulated.
Locality. Tampa Bay, Florida."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Jaimanitas Formation (Cuba)
- Pamlico Formation (N. FL)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Late Pliocene
- Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
