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 longifrons, Nuculana mariae, Nuculana miaocunensis, Nuculana minima, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana moriyai, Nuculana multilineata, Nuculana oxia, Nuculana oxyrhyncha, Nuculana parkei, Nuculana parva, Nuculana penita, 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 willamettensis, Nuculana willetti, Nuculana zieteni, Crassoleda crassatelloides, Leda barranca, Leda scalata, Leda striatula, Leda gabrielis, Leda wissmanniana, Leda willamettensis, Leda caudata, Leda decorata, Leda (Leda), Leda subquadrata, Leda (Spinula), Leda sulcellata, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda opulenta, Leda pygmaea, Leda catasarca, Leda vaticani, Leda plana, Leda projecta, Leda ingens, Leda zelima, Leda polynominata, Leda schiavi, Leda parkei, Leda obolella, Leda magna, Leda vanuxemi, Leda striatella, Leda alkiensis, Leda truncata, Leda renevieri, Leda bavarica, Leda radiata, Leda transversa, Leda scutula, Leda coelatoides, Leda excavata, Leda glabra, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda reussi, Leda ozarkola, Leda minuta, Leda nitida, Leda borsoni, Leda subtrigonalis, Leda kittensis, Leda discors, Leda whitfieldi, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda calcarensis, Leda houstonia, Leda wautubbeana, Leda distincta, Leda rangei, Leda longifrons, Leda semistriata, Leda praeradiata, Leda deffneri, Leda leia, Leda stewardi, Leda magnopsis, Leda cochlearella, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda (Lembulus), Leda minuta, Leda trumani, Leda semenoides, Leda pistorupes, Leda zitteli, Leda doris, Leda semipolita, Leda carolinensis, Leda lacryma, Leda claviformis, Leda coelata, Leda crassiparva, Leda subtrigona, Leda dijki, Leda becki
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Egypt (1), Germany (5), Italy (1)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario), United States (2: New York)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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