Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative spelling: Leda (Nucula)
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, del Rio 1992, Dockery 1982, Eames 1951, El Qot 2006, Gardner 1945, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hassan 1953, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Islamoglu and Taner 1995, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Malumian et al. 1978, Marasti 1973, Meek and Hayden 1858, Moore 1976, Moore 1983, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Oostingh 1935, Russell and Landes 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1967, Spencer et al. 2004, Stanton 1895, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Stilwell et al. 2004, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Wienrich 1999, Woodring 1973 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: Nucula (Deminucula) Nucula (Gibbonucula) Nucula (Lamellinucula) Nucula (Linucula) Nucula (Nucula) Nucula (Pronucula) Nucula (Rumptunucula) Nucula (Varinucula) Nucula acutula Nucula alcocki Nucula amica Nucula andersoni Nucula assiniboiensis Nucula athabaskensis Nucula bifida Nucula bocconis Nucula brewsterensis Nucula calcicola Nucula cancellata Nucula cancellata Nucula carantana Nucula catalina Nucula certisinus Nucula chargensis Nucula coelata Nucula complanata Nucula concinna Nucula cordata Nucula cossmanni Nucula costaeimbricatis Nucula crenulata Nucula crepida Nucula curvata Nucula darella Nucula delphinodonta Nucula dimidiata Nucula domandaensis Nucula eightsii Nucula etheridgei Nucula excavata Nucula expansa Nucula gabbiana Nucula goldfussii Nucula greppini Nucula hannibali Nucula hausmanni Nucula impressa Nucula inflata Nucula isosceles Nucula joanniswanneri Nucula karatsuensis Nucula lateralis Nucula latissima Nucula lucida Nucula major Nucula mancorensis Nucula margaritifera Nucula martini Nucula matani Nucula mayeri Nucula micheleae Nucula monroensis Nucula morundiana Nucula mucronata Nucula munsteri Nucula narica Nucula nejdensis Nucula nitidosa Nucula nizenensis Nucula njalindungensis Nucula observatoria Nucula obtusa Nucula obtusa Nucula oppeliana Nucula orbicella Nucula ovata Nucula paboensis Nucula pectinata Nucula pectuncularis Nucula pilkeyi Nucula planimarginata Nucula prunicola Nucula pusilla Nucula rembangensis Nucula rescuensis Nucula reticularis Nucula ripae Nucula rossiana Nucula rotunda Nucula schlosseri Nucula scissurata Nucula sedanensis Nucula semistriata Nucula shaleri Nucula simplex Nucula sinaria Nucula smithsoni Nucula solitaria Nucula speciosa Nucula stantoni Nucula stephana Nucula storrsi Nucula strigilata Nucula studeri Nucula subaequilatera Nucula subcuneata Nucula subnuda Nucula subovalis Nucula subredempta Nucula subserradensis Nucula subtransversa Nucula sundaica Nucula tallahalaensis Nucula taphria Nucula tatriana Nucula telleri Nucula tenuis Nucula tenuistriata Nucula tersior Nucula townsendi Nucula truncata Nucula turgens Nucula variabilis Nucula vestigia Nucula vicksburgensis Nucula waikuraensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Belgium (1), Brazil (5), Canada (3: Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario), Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (3), France (1), Greenland (5), Italy (6), Japan (1), Mayotte (3), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (91: California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (7), Costa Rica (10), Ecuador (3), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (8), Trinidad and Tobago (7), the United Kingdom (8), United States (26: Alaska, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Argentina (6), Australia (3), Austria (1), Belgium (13), Bulgaria (7), Chile (1), Cyprus (1), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Germany (20), Haiti (1), India (8), Indonesia (10), Italy (5), Japan (5), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (16), Pakistan (3), Panama (13), Poland (4), Slovakia (5), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (64: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (6), France (16), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), Japan (11), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (49: Alaska, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (3), Australia (5), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (2), Croatia (1), Egypt (1), France (6), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), Japan (5), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Nigeria (4), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (28), United States (259: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Tertiary of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (3), Denmark (7), Egypt (7), Germany (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Libya (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (63: Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (3), Australia (4), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (22: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatachewan), Chile (2), Ecuador (1), Egypt (19), France (12), Germany (9), India (4), Iran (3), Israel (8), Italy (1), Japan (20), Jordan (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (9), Peru (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (16), Saudi Arabia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (8), Tunisia (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (272: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Yukon), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), France (7), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Indonesia (1), Jordan (1), Kenya (2), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Sweden (1), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska)
• Triassic of Austria (7), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (3), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (9), Hungary (11), Indonesia (10), Italy (14), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Peru (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Turkey (3), United States (1: Alaska)
• Permian of Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), United States (6: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Chokierian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia)
• Devonian of Brazil (3), Canada (1: Quebec), United States (16: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Bolivia (1), Paraguay (1), United States (2: New York)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 1652 collections including 1965 occurrences
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