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 amygdaloides, 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 striatella, Leda catasarca, Leda coelatoides, Leda reussi, Leda dijki, Leda subtrigonalis, Leda magnopsis, Leda semenoides, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda vaticani, Leda zelima, Leda scalata, Leda leia, Leda houstonia, Leda glabra, Leda parkei, Leda borsoni, Leda radiata, Leda ingens, Leda decorata, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda minuta, Leda willamettensis, Leda barranca, Leda coelata, Leda striatula, Leda pistorupes, Leda praeradiata, Leda semistriata, Leda transversa, Leda kittensis, Leda subtrigona, Leda becki, Leda caudata, Leda trumani, Leda zitteli, Leda semipolita, Leda opulenta, Leda projecta, Leda sulcellata, Leda discors, Leda plana, Leda ozarkola, Leda schiavi, Leda wautubbeana, Leda carolinensis, Leda bavarica, Leda longifrons, Leda truncata, Leda renevieri, Leda excavata, Leda (Spinula), Leda lacryma, Leda (Lembulus), Leda pygmaea, Leda doris, Leda whitfieldi, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda distincta, Leda calcarensis, Leda subquadrata, Leda deffneri, Leda gabrielis, Leda obolella, Leda crassiparva, Leda scutula, Leda magna, Leda polynominata, Leda nitida, Leda cochlearella, Leda wissmanniana, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda minuta, Leda vanuxemi, Leda stewardi, Leda rangei, Leda (Leda), Leda claviformis, Leda alkiensis
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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