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MCZ Invertebrate Paleontology 115039

Lucina speciosa

Syntype of Lucina speciosa

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2001-12-31

North America: United States: Virginia: James City | James River region

Current Identification
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Lucinoida Lucinoida Lucinidae
Determiner: Rogers on 1837-02-01
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Rogers,1837

Rogers and Rogers 1837, page 333, Syntype of Lucina speciosa text is in v.5;figure is in v.6 and seems to be a composite drawing of syntypes, [verbatim pagination: ,p.333,pl.26,f.6] [pages: 333-]
Media type: text; Rogers and Rogers 1837 Description: Contributions to the geology of the Tertiary formations of Virginia;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Rogers and Rogers 1837 Description: Contributions to the geology of the Tertiary formations of Virginia

  • MUSE locality number: 1937
  • previous number: MIT9510

Part Condition Disposition Count
unknown (fossil) unchecked unknown 5 History

Attribute Value Determination On
storage Bivalvia types [no agent data]

  • None

  • later label uses name Codakia speciosa

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Virginia
  • County:
  • James City
  • Specific Locality:
  • James River region
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • "occurs in nearly all the localities of the Miocene in the James river region"
  • Erathem/Era:
  • Cenozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Period/System:
  • Neogene By: [No Agent]
  • Epoch/Series:
  • Miocene By: [No Agent]
  • Georeference:
  • 37.6763620, -77.949802 (Error radius: 171760m) By: Eva M. Biedron on 2022-07-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2001-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • [verbatim horizon attribute: "Miocene"] End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Henry D. Rogers

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None