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Nucula (Nucula)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula (Nucula) was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nucula by Lamarck (1799), Arnold (1903), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), da Silva Forti (1969), Woodring (1973), Marasti (1973), Moore (1983), del Rio (1992), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Mandic et al. (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Subtaxa
Nucula (Nucula) archiaci, Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata, Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis, Nucula (Nucula) capayensis, Nucula (Nucula) cascadensis, Nucula (Nucula) cooperi, Nucula (Nucula) cromata, Nucula (Nucula) declivis, Nucula (Nucula) donaciformis, Nucula (Nucula) fragilis, Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi, Nucula (Nucula) magnifica, Nucula (Nucula) mariae, Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis, Nucula (Nucula) mediavia, Nucula (Nucula) mirada, Nucula (Nucula) mixta, Nucula (Nucula) nitidula, Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis, Nucula (Nucula) nucleus, Nucula (Nucula) ovula, Nucula (Nucula) profundorum (syn. Nucula chrysocoma), Nucula (Nucula) proxima, Nucula (Nucula) schencki, Nucula (Nucula) sericea, Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis, Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis, Nucula (Nucula) sulcata, Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta, Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, Nucula (Nucula) vieta (syn. Nucula venezuelana), Nucula (Nucula) vitis, Nucula (Nucula) zophos, Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii
Species lacking formal opinion data
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
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-09-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck
1903Nucula (Nucula) Arnold p. 96
1931Nucula (Nucula) Grant, IV and Gale p. 110
1969Nucula (Nucula) da Silva Forti p. 63
1973Nucula (Nucula) Marasti p. 99
1973Nucula (Nucula) Woodring p. 488
1983Nucula (Nucula) Moore p. A6
1992Nucula (Nucula) del Rio p. 12
2000Nucula (Nucula) Coan et al. p. 73
2001Nucula (Nucula) Todd
2002Nucula (Nucula) Mandic et al. p. 300
2003Nucula (Nucula) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2010Nucula (Nucula) Huber p. 85
2012Nucula (Nucula) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
subgenusNuculaLamarck 1799

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 (Nucula) Lamarck 1799
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†Nucula (Nucula) archiaci Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
†Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata Soliczka 1871
†Nucula (Nucula) cooperi Dickerson 1913
†Nucula (Nucula) cromata Sorgenfrel 1958
†Nucula (Nucula) fragilis Deshayes 1829
Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi Winckworth 1931
†Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896
†Nucula (Nucula) mirada Olsson 1964
†Nucula (Nucula) mixta Deshayes 1858
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Invalid names: Nucula chrysocoma Dall 1908 [synonym]
Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 [Atlantic Nut Clam]
Nucula (Nucula) schencki Hertlein and Strong 1940
Nucula (Nucula) sericea Thiele and Jaeckel 1931
†Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957
†Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874
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Invalid names: Nucula venezuelana Weisbord 1964 [synonym]
†Nucula (Nucula) vitis Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii Oostingh 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height711.52.9018.013.15.03
valve height14.04----

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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Holocene or 335.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.4 Ma

Collections (498 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arizona) Nucula randolphensis, Nucula platynotus (124256)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Basse-Normandie) Nucula nucleus (49334)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt Nucula margitifera (151611 151613)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Nucula sp. (154969)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Nucula bidorsata (228245)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Nucula bidorsata (228244 228246)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Nucula amanoi (219958)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Nucula ascendens, Nucula tenera, Nucula sp. (27822)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2857 2861 2862 98391 98393)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (5591 5592 5593 5594 5595 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 84468 91893 98701) Nucula ovula (205466)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (90601) Nucula ovula, Nucula mediavia (35081)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (86188)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nucula getkilnensis, Nucula cooperi (49981)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2921 2923 2925)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2916 2919 86172 86173 86174 86175 86181 86182 86259 89867 89947 205499)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (84646 84649 84651)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Nucula spheniopsis (202260)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Nucula ovula (173476)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India Nucula archiaci (145510)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Nucula mixta (77608) Nucula mixta, Nucula fragilis (77611)