Superfamily Nuculoidea Gray 1824 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida

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

Sister taxa: Cardiolariidae, Clinopista, Cnestriella, Ctenodontoidea, Dysondonta, Eonuculoma, Eritropsis, Iheringinucula, Kasachia, Leiodysodonta, Lepteviella, Menneroctenia, Neiloides, Nuculacea, Paleostraba, Phaseoloidea, Phestioides, Pristiglomoidea, Pseudoleda, Pseudonuculana, Scyphoconcha, Xiaoshuisulcna, Zechania

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Belgium (2), Brazil (5), Canada (8: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario), Chile (1), Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (3), France (1), Greece (1), Greenland (7), Ireland (2), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mayotte (3), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (132: California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (2), United States (3: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (2), Belgium (8), Chile (5), Costa Rica (13), Ecuador (4), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (18), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (11), the Russian Federation (4), Trinidad and Tobago (7), the United Kingdom (8), United States (34: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (10)

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

• Miocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (7), Australia (7), Austria (2), Belgium (14), Bulgaria (7), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (4), Colombia (3), Cyprus (1), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Germany (29), Haiti (1), India (8), Indonesia (11), Italy (5), Japan (24), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (16), Pakistan (3), Panama (25), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (21), Slovakia (5), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (107: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Alaska, Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (3), Australia (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (6), France (16), Germany (2), Greenland (2), Hungary (2), Japan (16), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (1), Panama (5), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (14), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (128: Alaska, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (5), Argentina (4), Australia (5), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Colombia (2), Croatia (1), Egypt (2), France (6), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), Japan (14), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Nigeria (4), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (10), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (33), United States (338: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washigton, Washington)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (18), Argentina (23), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (4), Denmark (7), Egypt (7), France (1), Germany (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Japan (1), Libya (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (81: Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Texas)

• Tertiary of United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (10), Argentina (10), Australia (4), Austria (2), Canada (22: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatachewan), Chile (4), China (4), Ecuador (1), Egypt (20), France (13), Germany (9), India (4), Iran (4), Israel (8), Italy (1), Japan (53), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (4), Mozambique (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (11), Peru (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (20), Saudi Arabia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (10), Switzerland (8), Tunisia (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (339: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Heterian of New Zealand (1)

• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Canada (11: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (1), China (3), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (2), France (22), Germany (50), Greenland (10), India (130), Indonesia (1), Japan (7), Jordan (1), Kenya (5), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (15), Morocco (10), New Zealand (8), Poland (6), Portugal (8), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (14), Saudi Arabia (22), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (7), Spain (10), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Sweden (1), Switzerland (23), Tanzania (3), Tunisia (13), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (61), United States (11: California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1), Yemen (14)

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

• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (7), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Chile (1), China (32), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (14), Hungary (14), Indonesia (10), Iran (12), Italy (56), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Peru (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (31), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Turkey (3), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (19: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)

• Permian to Triassic of India (1)

• Permian of Australia (14), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (44), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (2), Italy (3), Japan (5), Lithuania (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (6), Oman (4), Pakistan (6), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (24), Tunisia (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (108: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Chokierian of the United Kingdom (1)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Ireland (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (29), United States (188: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Givetian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories)

• Devonian of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (5), Brazil (7), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (20), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (1), Libya (5), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (5), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (259: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia), Vietnam (2)

• Silurian of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Manitoba), China (2), Paraguay (1), Sweden (10), the United Kingdom (6), United States (5: New York, Ohio)

• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), Spain (7)

• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)

• Fennian of France (1)

• Arenig of France (5), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Australia (39), Bolivia (1), Canada (11: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (4), the Czech Republic (13), Estonia (1), France (4), Morocco (7), North Korea (1), Norway (5), Poland (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), South Korea (1), Spain (7), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (31), United States (49: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa)

• Tremadoc of France (1)

Total: 3861 collections including 4848 occurrences

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