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Nuculoma

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculoma was named by Cossmann (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-u K Berr-u Sepkoski's reference number: 93,663]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Nucula (Nuculoma) by Le Renard (1993).

It was assigned to Nucula by Le Renard (1993); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculominae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Wienrich (1999), Mikkelsen (2006), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Nuculoma Cossmann
1980Nuculoma Vokes p. 2
1993Nucula (Nuculoma) Le Renard
1999Nuculoma Wienrich p. 204
2002Nuculoma Sepkoski
2006Nuculoma Mikkelsen
2010Nuculoma Bouchet et al.
2014Nuculoma Ros-Franch et al.

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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
genusNuculomaCossmann 1907

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.

G. †Nuculoma Cossmann 1907
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†Nuculoma castor d'Orbigny 1850
†Nuculoma tsvetkoviensis Kurushin 1985
†Nuculoma variabilis Sowerby 1824
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height27.747.308.207.750.636

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 Illyrian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 243.33000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (152 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation N. tsvetkoviensis (135851 135852)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Nevada) N. sp. (37247)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Nevada) N. sp. (76608 76609)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany N. sp. (28868)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany N. sp. (28875)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany N. sp. (23841 23842 23845)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) N. sp. (23854) N. sp. 1 (23851 23852 23853 23859)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2India N. wynnei (68274)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation N. sp. (129663 129664 129665)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Nucula castor (48405)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation N. sp. (129668 129669 129671)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) N. wynnei (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) N. variabilis (96147 96150)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) N. variabilis (96187)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toamasina) N. blakei (234065)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) N. variabilis (96159)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India N. wynnei (61521 61524 61528 61530 61533 61537 61540 61542 61661 61674 61795 61885 62765 63236 67548 67556 67571 67577 67584 67622 67623 67624 68089 68411 68551 68554 68555 68653 68657)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India N. wynnei (61793 62155 62352 62353 63059 63060 63062 63063 63066 63067 63068 67608 68282 68286 68384)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar N. blakei (98091 98129 98158 98159)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India N. wynnei (61733 62165 67559 67581 67631 68284 68385 68386 68550)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) N. wynnei (46441)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia N. sp. (13585)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India N. agrawali (68647)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia N. sp. (13783)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain N. sp. (67866)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Siberia) N. sp. (58776)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) N. obliquata (8658 8659)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) N. sp. (58777 58779 58782)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) N. sp. (58784)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06India N. wynnei (62167)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany N. calliope (13367 13368 13369 13370 13371 13372 13377 13378 13393)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Greenland N. variabilis (1239) N. variablis (1215 1216 1233 1246 1247 1410)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Russian Federation (Siberia) N. sp. (64310)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) N. nuxavellana (69127 69128)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) N. nuxavellana (69126)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation N. sp. (189599)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France N. triangula (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium N. ciplyensis (26879)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Nucula bisulcata (42641 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nucula bisulcata (42582 42658)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary N. laevigata, N. anticeplicata, N. solymarensis (8338)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) N. haesendoncki, N. laevigata (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) N. haesendoncki (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) N. haesendoncki (62899 62903)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) N. haesendoncki (61895 61896 61897 61899 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62885 62887 62888 62892 62893 62895) N. haesendoncki, N. laevigata (61898 61900 62886)