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Nucinella

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pleurodon Wood p. 230
1844Nuculina d'Orbigny p. 161
1850Nucinella Wood pp. 72-73
1929Cyrillona Iredale p. 160
1940Neopleurodon Hertlein and Strong p. 419
1966Nucinella Vokes p. 38
1969Nucinella Cox et al. p. 269
1980Cyrillona Vokes p. 21
1980Neopleurodon Vokes p. 22
1980Nucinella Vokes p. 22
1982Nucinella Woodring p. 723
1985Nucinella Vokes p. 161
1998Nucinella Lamprell and Healy p. 70
2001Nucinella Todd
2002Nucinella Sepkoski
2004Nucinella Spencer et al.
2006Nucinella Mikkelsen
2008Pleurodon Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 35
2012Nucinella Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 48
2013Nucinella Glover and Taylor p. 102
2014Nucinella Kaim et al. p. 424
2014Nucinella Ros-Franch et al.
2019Nucinella Amano et al. p. 210

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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

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. Nucinella Wood 1850
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†Nucinella alleni Vokes 1966
†Nucinella calabra Seguenza 1877
†Nucinella chipolana Vokes 1985
†Nucinella cincta von Koenen 1893
Nucinella dalli Hedley 1902
†Nucinella dobergensis Lienenklaus 1891
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Invalid names: Pleurodon zinndorfi Zilch 1937 [synonym]
†Nucinella dumasi Cossmann and Peyrot 1914
†Nucinella giribeti Glover and Taylor 2013
†Nucinella glabra Ravn 1939
†Nucinella glabrata Stoliczka 1871
†Nucinella gunteri Mansfield 1932
Nucinella hedleyi Cotton and Godfrey 1938
†Nucinella laevigata Vincent 1899
†Nucinella liasina Bistram 1903
Nucinella maxima Thiele and Jaeckel 1931
†Nucinella microdus Boettger 1869
Nucinella miliaris Deshayes 1829
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Invalid names: Nuculina suessoniensis Watelet 1870 [synonym]
Nucinella moarianus Hedley 1904
†Nucinella nakremi Foster et al. 2017
†Nucinella oregona Vokes 1956
†Nucinella ovalina Cossmann 1887
†Nucinella ovalis Wood 1840
†Nucinella pissarroi Cossmann 1904
†Nucinella seguenzai Dall 1898
Nucinella serrei Lamy 1912
†Nucinella svalbardensis Hryniewicz et al. 2014
†Nucinella taylori Foster et al. 2017
Nucinella viridula Kuznetzov and Schileyko 1984
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]
Invalid names: Cyrillona Iredale 1929 [synonym], Neopleurodon Hertlein and Strong 1940 [synonym], Nuculina d'Orbigny 1844 [replaced], Pleurodon Wood 1840 [replaced]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Holocene or 251.90200 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen N. taylori (182612) N. taylori, N. nakremi (182611)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy N. sp. (163815)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Nuculina polaris (98285)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Oregon) N. sp. (112295)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy N. liasina (38170)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany N. sp. (23813)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) N. sp. (23854 23856) N. sp. 1 (23849 23850 23851 23852 23853 23855 23857 23858 23859 23860)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany N. sp. (23814 23815 23839 23840 23841 23842 23843 23844 23845 23846 23847 23848)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany N. liasina (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom N. sp. (213701 213704 213892)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) N. birkelundi (8574 8656 8658 8659) N. birtulundi (8600)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen N. svalbardensis (163966 163967 163973)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Svalbard and Jan Mayen N. svalbardensis (47064 163970 163972 163974 167346)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) N. sp. (177720)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9New Zealand (North Island) N. sp. (205218)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan N. gigantea (117145)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) N. gigantea (117147)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Nuculina glabra (35263 35266)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Marne) N. ovalina (178041)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) N. ovalina (3266)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) N. miliaris (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium N. miliaris (77611) Nuculina laevigata (77612)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71France (Loire-Atlantique) N. pissarroi (122893)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) N. alleni (92381)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) N. oregona (201505)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany N. cincta (179751)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Japan N. sp. (191323)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Pleurodon zinndorfi (95898)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Colombia N. sp. (205111)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Germany N. dobergensis (171410)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) N. chipolana (91536)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) N. sp. (219252)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama N. sp. (145519) N. woodii (93172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) Pleurodon gunteri (91537)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) N. subdolus (60772)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium N. ovalis (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) N. miliaris (84755 84795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium N. ovalis (76982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Pleurodon woodii (59486)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) N. sp. (79772)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) N. woodii (35025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Philippines (Panglao Island) N. giribeti (205350)