Family Nuculanidae Adams and Adams 1858 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Synonym: Ledidae Adams and Adams 1858

Parent taxon: Nuculanoidea according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, El Qot 2006, Fang 2006, Fang and Cope 2004, Gardner 1945, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Glenn 1904, Maxwell 1992, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Olsson 1931, Parker 1982, Raymond 1916, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Stilwell et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Cadomiidae, Isoarcidae, Malletiidae, Palaeoneilidae, Phaseolidae, Polidevciidae, Sareptidae, Saturnidae, Yoldiidae, Zealedidae

Subtaxa: Acilana Acutispinula Anthracoleda Australoportlandia Bathyspinula Calorhadia Clidophorus Costatoleda Costelloleda Dacromya Ezonuculana Indonuculana Ledella Ledellinae Litorhadia Mesosaccella Multidentata Nuculana Nuculaninae Orthoyoldia Phestioidea Poroleda Poroledidae Praeportlandia Propeleda Saccella Scissuladrana Spineilo Veteranellinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (27: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Chile (1), Costa Rica (5), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (3), Greenland (6), Iceland (1), India (2), Ireland (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (4), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), South Africa (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (135: Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (7), United States (5: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), Chile (4), China (1), Costa Rica (15), Ecuador (8), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (5), Japan (12), Mexico (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (19), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (15), the United Kingdom (6), United States (46: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (12)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), United States (3: Alaska)

• Miocene of Argentina (4), Australia (9), Austria (2), Belgium (4), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (5), Chile (4), Colombia (20), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (15), France (2), Germany (42), India (6), Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Iraq (1), Italy (3), Japan (17), Mexico (4), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (9), Pakistan (1), Panama (75), Peru (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (22), Slovakia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (12), United States (74: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Denmark (3), France (7), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Japan (7), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (5), Panama (5), Peru (3), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (10), United States (71: Alaska, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Angola (4), Antarctica (3), Argentina (3), Australia (5), Barbados (4), Belgium (4), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (2), France (4), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Mexico (5), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (8), Peru (4), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (19), United States (426: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)

• Tertiary of United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (96), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (6), Egypt (3), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Japan (1), Mexico (7), New Zealand (17), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (177: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (17), Australia (4), Cameroon (1), Chile (1), China (3), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (12), France (3), Germany (8), Greenland (1), India (4), Indian Ocean (1), Israel (19), Italy (1), Japan (47), Jordan (6), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (37), Nigeria (1), Poland (16), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (17), Switzerland (1), Taiwan (1), Tunisia (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (316: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (8), Canada (7: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (10), China (5), Denmark (8), Egypt (1), France (10), Germany (17), Greenland (34), India (103), Iran (1), Japan (8), Kenya (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (10), Peru (1), Poland (40), Portugal (54), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (5), Somalia (1), Spain (21), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), Switzerland (21), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (57), United States (1: California)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Triassic of Austria (29), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (1), China (15), Egypt (1), Germany (10), Hungary (3), Indonesia (5), Iran (12), Italy (27), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (2), Mexico (3), New Zealand (3), Papua New Guinea (4), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (30), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (40: Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (5)

• Permian of Australia (28), China (2), Lithuania (4), Nepal (1), New Zealand (9), the Russian Federation (17), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (4: Arizona, Nevada, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (17: Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas)

• Pennsylvanian of Australia (1)

• Namurian of Australia (2)

• Chesterian of United States (2: Montana)

• Osagean of United States (2: Kentucky)

• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (2: Alberta, Yukon), the United Kingdom (10), United States (10: Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia)

• Mississippian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Devonian of Argentina (2), Australia (3), Brazil (4), Canada (3: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Ghana (1), Poland (1), South Africa (6), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Uruguay (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)

• Silurian of Argentina (3), Brazil (1), Canada (2: Ontario), China (1), Sweden (1), United States (7: Indiana, Maryland, New York)

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), France (1), Portugal (1), United States (4: Michigan, New York)

• Chazy of United States (3: New York)

• Arenig of France (3)

Total: 3115 collections including 4329 occurrences

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