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Nucinella woodii (Wood's Little Nut Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Taxonomy
Pleurodon woodii was named by Dall (1898). It is extant. Its type locality is Unspecified localities [Caloosahatchee Formation], which is in a Pleistocene marine sandstone/limestone in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Nucinella woodii by Woodring (1982), Vokes (1985), Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pleurodon woodii Dall
1898Pleurodon adamsi Dall p. 601
1956Nucinella adamsi Vokes
1982Nucinella woodii Woodring p. 723
1985Nucinella woodii Vokes p. 162
2008Nucinella woodii Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 35
2012Nucinella woodii Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilyManzanelloideaChronic 1952
familyNucinellidaeVokes 1956
genusNucinella
specieswoodii(Dall 1898)

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.

Nucinella woodii Dall 1898 [Wood's Little Nut Clam]
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Invalid names: Nucinella subdolus Strong and Hertlein 1937 [synonym], Pleurodon adamsi Dall 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:10:16
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:12:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Nucinella woodii (93172)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Nucinella subdolus (60772)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Pleurodon woodii (59486)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Nucinella woodii (type locality: 35025)