Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combinations: Ctenodonta elliptica, Nucula elliptica
Synonym: Nucula tenuis Klipstein 1843
Belongs to Leda according to G. C. Laube 1865
See also Awad 1945, Bittner 1895, Broili 1904, Damborenea 2012, Frech 1912, Gu et al. 1976, Münster 1841, Paredes et al. 2013, Sha 1995, Waagen 1907, Xu 1978 and Yang et al. 1979
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Borissia), Nuculana (Costanuculana), Nuculana (Dacryomya), Nuculana (Nuculana), Nuculana (Politoleda), Nuculana (Praesaccella), Nuculana (Scaeoleda), Nuculana (Tenuileda), Nuculana (Thestyleda), Nuculana acuta, Nuculana acutilineata, Nuculana akidota, Nuculana alpina, Nuculana andrewi, Nuculana antarctirostrata, Nuculana asiatica, Nuculana biangulata, Nuculana chapmani, Nuculana coelatella, Nuculana concentrica, Nuculana cowlitzensis, Nuculana crassiparva, Nuculana cultellus, Nuculana cuneata, Nuculana curvirostris, Nuculana decora, Nuculana dewalquei, Nuculana doris, Nuculana elmana, Nuculana emarginata, Nuculana etheridgei, Nuculana excavata, Nuculana fluvilutea, Nuculana forcarti, Nuculana gnomon, Nuculana gracillima, Nuculana grasslei, Nuculana jamaicensis, Nuculana konishii, Nuculana liciata, Nuculana mariae, Nuculana miaocunensis, Nuculana minima, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana moriyai, Nuculana multilineata, Nuculana oxia, Nuculana oxyrhyncha, Nuculana parkei, Nuculana parva, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana posterolaevia, Nuculana probellula, Nuculana redondoensis, Nuculana rostellata, Nuculana rostratruncata, Nuculana semen, Nuculana semicrenulata, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana socialis, Nuculana spheniopsis, Nuculana sphenopsis, Nuculana thompsoni, Nuculana timorensis, Nuculana triangulata, Nuculana trivitate, Nuculana trumani, Nuculana undulostriata, Nuculana verrilliana, Nuculana vexillata, Nuculana virgo, Nuculana vitrea, Nuculana waterhousei, Nuculana wautebbeana, Nuculana wautubbeana, Nuculana waynensis, Nuculana whitmani, Nuculana willetti, Nuculana williamettensis, Nuculana zieteni, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda deffneri, Leda decorata, Leda plana, Leda ingens, Leda discors, Leda kittensis, Leda protexta, Leda dijki, Leda vaticani, Leda reussi, Leda semenoides, Leda obolella, Leda radiata, Leda minuta, Leda renevieri, Leda caudata, Leda stewardi, Leda alkiensis, Leda striatella, Leda (Lembulus), Leda cochlearella, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda barranca, Leda transversa, Leda (Leda), Leda trumani, Leda nitida, Leda ozarkola, Leda bavarica, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda glabra, Leda (Spinula), Leda subtrigonalis, Leda projecta, Leda pygmaea, Leda magna, Leda semistriata, Leda magnopsis, Leda carolinensis, Leda becki, Leda zitteli, Leda doris, Leda excavata, Leda distincta, Leda wautubbeana, Leda zelima, Leda opulenta, Leda minuta, Leda calcarensis, Leda scalata, Leda schiavi, Leda striatula, Leda polynominata, Leda praeradiata, Leda vanuxemi, Leda houstonia, Leda sulcellata, Leda subquadrata, Leda crassiparva, Leda gabrielis, Leda claviformis, Leda parkei, Leda catasarca, Leda subtrigona, Leda pistorupes, Leda lincolnensis, Leda lacryma, Leda coelata, Leda semipolita, Leda wissmanniana, Leda whitfieldi, Leda rangei, Leda leia, Leda scutula, Leda coelatoides, Leda borsoni, Crassoleda crassatelloides
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Egypt (1), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Italy (1)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario), United States (2: New York)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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