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Nuculana (Praesaccella)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana (Praesaccella) was named by Cox (1940).

It was assigned to Nuculana by Cox (1940), Aberhan (1998).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Leda swiftiana, Nuculana acutirostra, Nuculana acutisinuata, Nuculana aequilatera, Nuculana aikiensis, Nuculana albaria, Nuculana aldrichiana, Nuculana alferovi, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana anticeplicata, Nuculana axelolssoni, Nuculana basilissa, Nuculana bathurstensis, Nuculana belistriata, Nuculana bella, Nuculana belliostriata, Nuculana bellula, Nuculana biali, Nuculana biarata, Nuculana bisulcata, Nuculana bisupidata, Nuculana bonellii, Nuculana borsoni, Nuculana borsonii, Nuculana bowdenensis, Nuculana brevirostris, Nuculana brevirostris, Nuculana calcarensis, Nuculana calkinsi, Nuculana camelorum, Nuculana capillaceea, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana carolinensis, Nuculana castor, Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana chipolana, Nuculana clara, Nuculana claviform., Nuculana claviformis, Nuculana cliftonensis, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coloradoensis, Nuculana commutata, Nuculana compalana, Nuculana complanata, Nuculana compressifrons, Nuculana consanguinea, Nuculana corbetensis, Nuculana corpulentoidea, Nuculana corpulentoides, Nuculana corsicana, Nuculana crassa, Nuculana crassistria, Nuculana crebrecostata, Nuculana crutaensis, Nuculana cultelliformis, Nuculana cuneiformis, Nuculana cuneiformis, Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana deshayesiana, Nuculana devjatilovae, Nuculana diana, Nuculana discors, Nuculana dodona, Nuculana dodsoni, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana elenensis, Nuculana elliptica, Nuculana eoa, Nuculana equilateralis, Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana evansi, Nuculana fiski, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana forcati, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fromageti, Nuculana futtereri, Nuculana gabii, Nuculana galathea, Nuculana galliotina, Nuculana gibbosa, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana graphica, Nuculana graphica, Nuculana guembeli, Nuculana hannahae, Nuculana hoernesi, Nuculana hoernesi, Nuculana houstoni, Nuculana houzeaui, Nuculana improcera, Nuculana inaequirugata, Nuculana indigena, Nuculana inornata, Nuculana iphigenia, Nuculana jewetti, Nuculana juriana, Nuculana karlmartini, Nuculana kavranensis, Nuculana kenyana, Nuculana kerrensis, Nuculana khandasensis, Nuculana kittensis, Nuculana laevistriata, Nuculana leia, Nuculana leiorhyncha, Nuculana libyca, Nuculana linifera, Nuculana localis, Nuculana longiformis, Nuculana luciata, Nuculana ludificans, Nuculana magarikawaensis, Nuculana magna, Nuculana magnopsis, Nuculana mainensis, Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana majanatschensis, Nuculana marella, Nuculana marieana, Nuculana marlboroensis, Nuculana meriani, Nuculana milamensis, Nuculana millosevichi, Nuculana minmiensis, Nuculana minoensis, Nuculana minor, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana minutula, Nuculana miocenica, Nuculana morrisi, Nuculana multiconcentrica, Nuculana mutata, Nuculana mutuata, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana napanica, Nuculana nasuta, Nuculana neckeriana, Nuculana nogamii, Nuculana nogamii, Nuculana oolitica, Nuculana ovoides, Nuculana ovula, Nuculana ozarkola, Nuculana panda, Nuculana parilis, Nuculana parleacllli, Nuculana partimstriata, Nuculana pella, Nuculana peltella, Nuculana penderoides, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana percaudata, Nuculana perdita, Nuculana pergamenti, Nuculana perlepida, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana perovalis, Nuculana phaseolina, Nuculana pilvoenica, Nuculana pittensis, Nuculana plana, Nuculana planiuscula, Nuculana planumbona, Nuculana pleshakovi, Nuculana polunini, Nuculana polychoa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana posti, Nuculana praefurlongi, Nuculana praerobai, Nuculana producta, Nuculana producta, Nuculana protexa, Nuculana protexta, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana puschii, Nuculana pygmaea, Nuculana radiatelirata, Nuculana rhamphidium, Nuculana rostralis, Nuculana rostralis, Nuculana sacata, Nuculana sachalinensis, Nuculana saffordana, Nuculana saibana, Nuculana sambonsugii, Nuculana sanchuensis, Nuculana scapha, Nuculana scaphoides, Nuculana scaphuloidea, Nuculana schiavi, Nuculana securiformis, Nuculana semilinaris, Nuculana semipolita, Nuculana sentula, Nuculana silicea, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana siliquaeformis, Nuculana sinelnikovae, Nuculana slodkewistchi, Nuculana slodkewitschi, Nuculana smirna, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana snatolensis, Nuculana speetonensis, Nuculana stenodolichos, Nuculana stephensoni, Nuculana striata, Nuculana subcompressensis, Nuculana subibajana, Nuculana subibasjana, Nuculana subnapanica, Nuculana subovalis, Nuculana subovalis, Nuculana subperlongata, Nuculana subtrigona, Nuculana sulcata, Nuculana sulcellata, Nuculana symmetrica, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana tarensis, Nuculana tatarica, Nuculana taurica, Nuculana tenuirostris, Nuculana toriyamae, Nuculana travisana, Nuculana travisiana, Nuculana trochilia, Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana tyrolensis, Nuculana tysoni, Nuculana undulata, Nuculana utcholokensis, Nuculana uvuchensis, Nuculana vaderensis, Nuculana vadosa, Nuculana valangiensis, Nuculana vanuxemi, Nuculana ventricosa, Nuculana venusta, Nuculana viator, Nuculana vibrayeana, Nuculana volobuevi, Nuculana wajampolkana, Nuculana washingtoni, Nuculana whitfieldi, Nuculana woodsi, Nuculana woodsi, Nuculana yatsushiroensis, Nuculana yokoyamai, Nuculana yunnanensis, Nuculana zaklinskayae, Nuculana zhanyia, Nuculana zitteli, Praesaccella calloviensis, Praesaccella corneti, Praesaccella juriana

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 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 - 184.2Germany Praesaccella sp. (23626 23843)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Nuculana ovum (53102)
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 (Yukon) Nuculana ovum (53101)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) Nuculana ovum (33862 33902)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Zapata) Nuculana ovum (33903 33910)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Zapala) Nuculana ovum (33907)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (San Juan) Nuculana ovum (33697)
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)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Chile Nuculana ovum (33948 33949)
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 (England) Dacryomya ovum (90460)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Dacryomya ovum (147870 147871 147873)
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 (Kumamoto) Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40342)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Tokushima) Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40480)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Kochi) Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana yatsushiroensis (40473)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China Nuculana yatsushiroensis (50896)