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Nuculana (Praesaccella)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Nuculana (Praesaccella) Cox
1998Nuculana (Praesaccella) Aberhan p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusNuculanaLink 1807
subgenusPraesaccellaCox 1940

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.

Subg. †Nuculana (Praesaccella) Cox 1940
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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: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Barremian or 201.40000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Greenland Nuculana ovum (162102)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Nuculana ovum (53100)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) Nuculana ovum (10702)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Nuculana ovum (53101)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Praesaccella sp. (23626 23843)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Praesaccella sp. 1 (23858)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Nuculana ovum (33667 33668 33885 35437 35440 95443)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Nuculana ovum (53102)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) Nuculana ovum (33862 33902 33903 33907 33910)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (San Juan) Nuculana ovum (33697)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Chile Nuculana ovum (33948 33949)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Dacryomya ovum (213988 213990 213992 213993 213994 213995 213996 213997 213998 213999 214000 214001)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Nuculana ovum (25613 26152)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Argentina (Neuquen) Nuculana ovum (33827)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4United Kingdom Dacryomya ovum (214002 214003 214004 214005 214006 214007)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Nuculana ovum (53103)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Dacryomya ovum (147870 147871 147873)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) Dacryomya ovum (90460)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile Nuculana ovum (95633)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Nuculana ovum (220487)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Nuculana juriana (68653 68657) Praesaccella calloviensis (63240) Praesaccella juriana (61521 61524 61528 61530 61533 61537 61540 61542 61556 61661 63075 67392 67399 67400 67401 67547 67548 67556 67557 67558 67567 67568 67578 67579 67580 67583 67622 67623 67624 68093 68095 68393 68394 68395 68404 68405 68409 68411 68412 68499 68500 68501 68593) Praesaccella juriana, Praesaccella calloviensis (61674 61885 67577 68551)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Praesaccella juriana (61793 62155 62353 63067 63070)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Praesaccella calloviensis, Praesaccella juriana (68550) Praesaccella juriana (61558 61667 61733 62165 67398 67550 67559 67581 67582 67631 68291 68385 68389 68392 68487 68488 68490 68491 68496 68498 68502 68552) Praesaccella juriana, Praesaccella calloviensis (68386 68553)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Nuculana juriana (46441)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Praesaccella juriana (67553)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Praesaccella corneti (13610)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Nuculana juriana (68644 68647)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Praesaccella juriana (63533)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Tokushima) Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40480)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Kumamoto) Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40342)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Kochi) Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40473)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China Nuculana yatsushiroensis (50896)