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Nuculana (Costanuculana)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nuculana (Costanuculana) was named by Habe (1951). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculana by Habe (1951), Huber (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Nuculana alferovi, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana bathurstensis, Nuculana borsonii, Nuculana calkinsi, Nuculana camelorum, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana castor, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coloradoensis, Nuculana compalana, Nuculana complanata, Nuculana corbetensis, Nuculana corpulentoides, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana deshayesiana, Nuculana dodona, Nuculana dodsoni, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana elliptica, Nuculana equilateralis, Nuculana evansi, Nuculana fiski, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana inornata, Nuculana kenyana, Nuculana kittensis, Nuculana meriani, Nuculana minmiensis, Nuculana mutuata, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana parleacllli, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana perdita, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana saffordana, Nuculana securiformis, Nuculana slodkewitschi, Nuculana smirna, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana sulcellata, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana travisana, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana tyrolensis, Nuculana vadosa, Nuculana wajampolkana, Nuculana yatsushiroensis, Nuculana yunnanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Nuculana (Costanuculana) Habe
2010	Nuculana (Costanuculana) Huber p. 95

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Nuculana	Link 1807
subgenus	Costanuculana	Habe 1951

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. Nuculana (Costanuculana) Habe 1951

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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:

2007-07-27 04:12:34

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:18

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available