Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative spelling: Nucula (Acila)
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Arnold 1903, Coan et al. 2000, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Gabb 1869, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Matsubara 2002, Moore 1976, Moore 1983, Moore 1984, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Oldroyd 1925, Olsson 1931, Schenck 1936, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Tashiro and Kozai 1982, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Vokes 1980, Weaver and Palmer 1922, Woodring 1938 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: Acila (Acila) Acila (Truncacila) Acila nehalemensis Acila paita Acila plura Nucula (Acila) ermanni Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis Nucula (Acila) mirabilis Nucula (Acila) nelsoni Nucula (Acila) packardi Nucula (Acila) pugetensis Nucula (Acila) yakatagensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Ireland (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (38: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), Japan (14), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), Colombia (3), Indonesia (1), Japan (20), Panama (19), the Russian Federation (18), United States (42: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Japan (14), Panama (4), the Russian Federation (12), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (83: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Egypt (1), Japan (10), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (7), United States (82: California, Oregon, Washigton, Washington)
• Paleocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (13: California)
• Cretaceous of Japan (37), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (54: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas)
Total: 520 collections including 583 occurrences
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