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Nucula percrassa

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Nucula percrassa Conrad
1914Nucula percrassa Stephenson
1970Nucula percrassa Speden p. 33 figs. Plate 2, figs. 4-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
speciespercrassaConrad 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Nucula percrassa Conrad 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (141 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Nucula percrassa (123474 190550 190551 190552 190553 190554 190555 190579)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Nucula percrassa (6123 6134 6135)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Nucula percrassa (48725)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Nucula percrassa (6149 6156 6157)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Nucula percrassa (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) Nucula percrassa (162249)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Nucula percrassa (3870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula percrassa (4110 4118)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Nucula percrassa (4265 4266 4267 4268 4269 4277 4279 4282 4302 4312 4314 4337)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Nucula percrassa (88975)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Nucula percrassa (4243 4244 4245 4246 4247 4251 4253 4263 4275 4276 4285 4286 4333)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Nucula percrassa (4177 4178 4183 4186 4200 4201 4202 4203 4213 4215 4216 4225 83225 83238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Nucula percrassa (4342)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nucula percrassa (4401 4414 4418 4421 4426 4427 4431 4441 4453 4454 4455 4458 4459 4472 4473 4475 4477 4490 4500 4506 4507)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Nucula percrassa (4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula percrassa (4122 4123 4125 4126 4127 4128 4131 4134 4136 4137 4143 4146 4156 4160 4163 4164 4167 4168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Nucula percrassa (88510)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Nucula percrassa (4364 4365 4366 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Nucula percrassa (4121)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Nucula percrassa (1295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Nucula percrassa (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Nucula percrassa (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Nucula percrassa (1310)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Nucula percrassa (1320)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Nucula percrassa (1306 1308 1352)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nucula percrassa (1296 1297 1298 1299 1301 1392 1393 4525 4527 4547 4597)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Nucula percrassa (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Nucula percrassa (1313 4378)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula percrassa (1303 1304 1305 1391 205428 205512)