Stewartia floridana
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Lucinidae
- Genus: Stewartia
- Species: Stewartia floridana (Conrad, 1833)
- Common Name: Florida lucine
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to North Carolina.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1833, p. 344-345):
"Shell suborbicular, compressed, with regular concentric striae, and covered with a very thin pale brown deciduous epidermis; anterior and posterior sides each with an obscure fold; beaks central, not elevated; hinge edentulous; anterior muscular impression not greatly elongated. Length, one inch.
This shell resembles the fossil L. anodonta, of Say, but is very distinct. It was found near Pensacola by Dr. Hutchins, who sent it to Dr. S. G. Morton."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
- Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Pamlico Formation (N. FL)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Waccamaw Formation (NC)
- Late Pliocene
- Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Raysor Formation (GA)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
