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Nucula (Lamellinucula)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Lamellinucula was named by Schenck (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914. Subgenus of Nucula [Coan et al. 2000]]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nucula (Lamellinucula) by Eames (1951), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Zinsmeister (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2020).

It was assigned to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Spencer et al. (2004); and to Nucula by Eames (1951), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Zinsmeister (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2020).

Subtaxa
Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis (syn. Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii, Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae), Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta (syn. Nucula praemissa, Nucula cilleborgensis), Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua (syn. Nucula paytensis, Nucula suprastriata), Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) sculpturata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) trigonica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Lamellinucula crassirugata, Lamellinucula hokoensis, Lamellinucula lunulae, Lamellinucula nystana, Lamellinucula reticularis, Lamellinucula sinuatella, Lamellinucula sulcata, Nucula aequalis, Nucula amanoi, Nucula amanoi, Nucula angulatum, Nucula angusta, Nucula anodontoides, Nucula anradei, Nucula antiqua, Nucula antiquata, Nucula aptera, Nucula arduennensis, Nucula ascendens, Nucula ascendens, Nucula assiniboinensis, Nucula aurata, Nucula azenotanensis, Nucula baccata, Nucula beachportensis, Nucula blanfordi, Nucula bowerbanki, Nucula bowerbankii, Nucula calliope, Nucula camia, Nucula capsiopsis, Nucula catherina, Nucula chejsliensis, Nucula chipolana, Nucula chipolana, Nucula chipolana, Nucula chipolana, Nucula ciboloensis, Nucula cipleyensis, Nucula ciplyensis, Nucula circe, Nucula cochlear, Nucula coloradoensis, Nucula compressa, Nucula compta, Nucula compta, Nucula consors, Nucula contigua, Nucula crassicula, Nucula crebrilineata, Nucula cuneata, Nucula dasa, Nucula decipiens, Nucula defuniak, Nucula deltoidea, Nucula densistria, Nucula densistriata, Nucula depressa, Nucula desioi, Nucula devjatilovae, Nucula dixoni, Nucula duchasteli, Nucula dynastes, Nucula electra, Nucula elegantissima, Nucula eudorae, Nucula expansa, Nucula formosa, Nucula formosa, Nucula fritschi, Nucula gadsdenensis, Nucula georgiana, Nucula getkilnensis, Nucula gracilenta, Nucula guillermensis, Nucula gurgitis, Nucula haidatensis, Nucula hammeri, Nucula harderi, Nucula hizenensis, Nucula hourcqi, Nucula indefinita, Nucula indica, Nucula isfjordica, Nucula iwayai, Nucula izumensis, Nucula jaccardi, Nucula kaffraria, Nucula kalimnae, Nucula kaoraensis, Nucula khoraensis, Nucula kochiensis, Nucula lamellinucula, Nucula lebuensis, Nucula leia, Nucula levesquei, Nucula libyca, Nucula luciniformis, Nucula mametschinskensis, Nucula mareana, Nucula mareana, Nucula margitifera, Nucula mazena, Nucula meadinga, Nucula meyeri, Nucula meyeri, Nucula microconcentrica, Nucula microstriata, Nucula montensis, Nucula morantensis, Nucula nacatochana, Nucula nakaminatoensis, Nucula nitida, Nucula nitidiosa, Nucula obsoletastriata, Nucula omagariensis, Nucula otamatea, Nucula ovalis, Nucula paraguana, Nucula parisiensis, Nucula paulula, Nucula pectinata, Nucula pelcha, Nucula peregrina, Nucula perequalis, Nucula phayreiana, Nucula piacentina, Nucula placentina, Nucula placentina, Nucula placentina, Nucula planata, Nucula planata, Nucula platynotus, Nucula pongensis, Nucula potomacensis, Nucula potomacensis, Nucula praelonga, Nucula praelongata, Nucula protexta, Nucula protracta, Nucula proximo, Nucula pulchra, Nucula randolphensis, Nucula redempta, Nucula reticulata, Nucula rivulana, Nucula rossii, Nucula sagittata, Nucula schmidti, Nucula schmidti, Nucula secunda, Nucula seguinensis, Nucula semenovi, Nucula semiundulata, Nucula severnensis, Nucula shichiensis, Nucula silicea, Nucula sinuatella, Nucula slackiana, Nucula snatolensis, Nucula stachei, Nucula stationis, Nucula stephensoni, Nucula subloblonga, Nucula subovata, Nucula subplana, Nucula subrotunda, Nucula subtrigona, Nucula subventricosa, Nucula sulcata, Nucula sulcata, Nucula sumbargaritacea, Nucula sundaica, Nucula taitei, Nucula tampae, Nucula tamulica, Nucula tatei, Nucula tenera, Nucula tenera, Nucula tenuis, Nucula tosaensis, Nucula tremolatestriata, Nucula triangula, Nucula triangularis, Nucula tumescens, Nucula turkmenica, Nucula venezuela, Nucula venusta, Nucula waiaotea, Nucula waiotea, Nucula waltonensis, Nucula warsarensis, Nucula westendorpi, Nucula whitensis, Nucula yazooensis, Nuculana smithvillensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Lamellinucula Schenck
1951Nucula (Lamellinucula) Eames p. 317
1972Nucula (Lamellinucula) Hertlein and Grant p. 146
1980Lamellinucula Vokes p. 2
1983Nucula (Lamellinucula) Moore p. A8
1983Nucula (Lamellinucula) Zinsmeister p. 1824
2000Nucula (Lamellinucula) Coan et al. p. 74
2001Nucula (Lamellinucula) Todd
2002Lamellinucula Sepkoski
2004Lamellinucula Spencer et al.
2010Nucula (Lamellinucula) Huber p. 85
2012Nucula (Lamellinucula) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 43
2020Nucula (Lamellinucula) Hendy

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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
subgenusLamellinucula(Schenck 1944)

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. Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck 1944
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Invalid names: Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae Bernard 1983 [synonym], Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii Bernard 1983 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn 1907 [synonym], Nucula praemissa Semper 1861 [synonym]
Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua Sowerby 1833 [short nutclam]
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Invalid names: Nucula paytensis Adams 1856 [synonym], Nucula suprastriata Arnold 1903 [synonym]
†Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi Zinsmeister 1983
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: 2009-08-19 01:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (125 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Ibaraki) Nucula nakaminatoensis (40235)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Lamellinucula sinuatella (26891)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Lamellinucula sinuatella (27625)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nucula mametschinskensis (50177)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Nucula kennedyi (205554)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Lamellinucula nystana (8124) Nucula minor (8047)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Nucula minor (3494)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan (Saga) Nucula mazena (204551)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jutland) Nucula sp., Nucula comta (9176)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jylland) Nucula comta (9170)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark Nucula compta (111472 111474 111475)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Nucula comta (8338)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Lamellinucula reticularis (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Lamellinucula crassirugata (71404) Lamellinucula lunulae (71539) Lamellinucula reticularis (71542)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Nucula sp. (72084)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Nucula jeffreysi (62882)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Lamellinucula sp. (44960)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Lamellinucula hokoensis (219252)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Nucula jeffreysi (186884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Nucula comta (62889) Nucula jeffreysi (61896 61897 61898 61900 61905)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Nucula sulcata (60288 60313)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (77858 77860)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Nucula sp. (136104)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (77862 77863 77864 77865 77866 77867 77868 77869)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Nucula georgiana (98312)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Nucula jeffreysi (48092)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Nucula baccata (60405 60406)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Nucula baccata (60410 60412 60414 60415 60416 60417 60647)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Nucula sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (76982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Nucula iphigenia (66790 66792 66795)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Nucula sp. (61336 61337 79794 79989 79999 135876 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Nucula sp. (79798 79800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (51880)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (51878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (48664 48665)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucula exigua (237610)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Nucula sulcata (77008)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Nucula sp. (79835 79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nucula suprastriata (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucula suprastriata (222954)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Costa Rica Nucula iphigenia (66797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Nucula semiornata (195917 195928 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucula carlottensis (200653) Nucula exigua (59063 96589 96895 96930 96935 96936 160361 203417 219029 219030 226458 240612 240613 240621) Nucula suprastriata (96566 222660 222661 222950 222969 223010 223011 223072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Nucula semiornata (198740 198741 198742 198743 198745 198746 198747 198748 198749 198751 198752 198753 198754)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Nucula semiornata (72116 72120 72121 72122 72123)