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Stewartia floridana (Conrad, 1833) Florida Lucine |
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Dredged from 180-200 feet by Jim Moore west of the Cedar Keys, Florida, August, 1963 |
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This lucine is a familiar Gulf of Mexico (GOM) endemic, known to
live in anoxic substrates under shallow water from Florida Bay to
Texas. Nonetheless, the provenance of this 36 mm. right valve is
unimpeachable. This is not the first time Gulf of Mexico endemic,
e.g., Solenosteira cancellata (Conrad, 1846), has turned up
on our beaches; see Lee (2009: 108). For a discussion of the GOM
fauna vs. that of Florida's First Coast see Lee (2010). Lee, H.G., 2009. Marine Shells of Northeast Florida. Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc. 204 pp. + 19 color plates. 28 May. Lee, H.G., 2010. East meets West, a look at two Florida malacofaunas. Shell-O-Gram 51(1): 3-7. Jan. <http://www.jaxshells.org/pdfs/janfeb10.pdf>. |
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