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Nuttallia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Nuttallia was named by Dall (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia) by Durham (1944).

It was assigned to Sanguinolaria by Durham (1944); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psammobiidae by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Nuttallia Dall
1944Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia) Durham p. 150
1965Hainania Scarlato
2000Nuttallia Coan et al. p. 426
2002Nuttallia Sepkoski
2003Nuttallia Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusNuttalliaDall 1900

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. Nuttallia Dall 1900
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Nuttallia alata Gabb 1866
†Nuttallia howardi Dickerson 1915
Nuttallia nuttallii Conrad 1837 [purple clam]
†Nuttallia salina Roth and Guruswami-Naidu 1978
†Nuttallia toulai Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Invalid names: Hainania Scarlato 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:32:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:32:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation N. amica (50125)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Tellina howardi (207112)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation N. amica (50078)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation N. snatolensis (50051)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Sanguinolaria townsendensis (40735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Sanguinolaria townsendensis (91606)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Sanguinolaria townsendensis (38998)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation N. gastellovi (70463)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Sanguinolaria townsendensis (208142 208144)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation N. minoensis (70528)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Sanguinolaria toulai (43814 96570)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Sanguinolaria toulai (71228 237917)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation N. ochotica (70448)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Sanguinolaria n. sp.? (195039)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation N. commoda (50038) N. ochotica (50037)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation N. ochotica, N. commoda (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (216867)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (194895)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation N. obscurata (70472)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation N. commoda (70469)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (216433)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (238421)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (96592)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan N. olivacea (96946)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) N. nuttallii (96936) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (219030 222660 222661) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (96895 240615)