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Nuculana (Nuculana)
Taxonomy
Nuculana (Nuculana) was named by Link (1807). It is extant.
It was assigned to Nuculana by Link (1807), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Huber (2010).
It was assigned to Nuculana by Link (1807), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Huber (2010).
Subtaxa
Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata (syn. Leda (Leda) loshka), Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina (syn. Leda liogona, Leda amiata), Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta (syn. Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor), Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Leda swiftiana, Nuculana acutirostra, Nuculana acutisinuata, Nuculana aequilatera, Nuculana aikiensis, Nuculana albaria, Nuculana aldrichiana, Nuculana alferovi, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana amygdaloides, Nuculana anticeplicata, Nuculana axelolssoni, Nuculana basilissa, Nuculana bathurstensis, Nuculana belistriata, Nuculana bella, Nuculana belliostriata, Nuculana bellula, Nuculana biali, Nuculana biarata, Nuculana bisulcata, Nuculana bisupidata, Nuculana bonellii, Nuculana borsoni, Nuculana borsonii, Nuculana bowdenensis, Nuculana brevirostris, Nuculana brevirostris, Nuculana calcarensis, Nuculana calkinsi, Nuculana camelorum, Nuculana capillaceea, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana carolinensis, Nuculana castor, Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana chipolana, Nuculana clara, Nuculana claviform., Nuculana claviformis, Nuculana cliftonensis, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coloradoensis, Nuculana commutata, Nuculana compalana, Nuculana complanata, Nuculana compressifrons, Nuculana consanguinea, Nuculana corbetensis, Nuculana corpulentoidea, Nuculana corpulentoides, Nuculana corsicana, Nuculana crassa, Nuculana crassistria, Nuculana crebrecostata, Nuculana crutaensis, Nuculana cultelliformis, Nuculana cuneiformis, Nuculana cuneiformis, Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana deshayesiana, Nuculana devjatilovae, Nuculana diana, Nuculana discors, Nuculana dodona, Nuculana dodsoni, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana elenensis, Nuculana elliptica, Nuculana eoa, Nuculana equilateralis, Nuculana erinoensis, Nuculana evansi, Nuculana fiski, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana forcati, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fromageti, Nuculana futtereri, Nuculana gabii, Nuculana galathea, Nuculana galliotina, Nuculana gibbosa, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana graphica, Nuculana graphica, Nuculana guembeli, Nuculana hannahae, Nuculana hoernesi, Nuculana hoernesi, Nuculana houstoni, Nuculana houzeaui, Nuculana improcera, Nuculana inaequirugata, Nuculana indigena, Nuculana inornata, Nuculana iphigenia, Nuculana jewetti, Nuculana juriana, Nuculana karlmartini, Nuculana kavranensis, Nuculana kenyana, Nuculana kerrensis, Nuculana khandasensis, Nuculana kittensis, Nuculana laevistriata, Nuculana leia, Nuculana leiorhyncha, Nuculana libyca, Nuculana linifera, Nuculana localis, Nuculana longiformis, Nuculana luciata, Nuculana ludificans, Nuculana magarikawaensis, Nuculana magna, Nuculana magnopsis, Nuculana mainensis, Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana majanatschensis, Nuculana marella, Nuculana marieana, Nuculana marlboroensis, Nuculana meriani, Nuculana milamensis, Nuculana millosevichi, Nuculana minmiensis, Nuculana minoensis, Nuculana minor, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana minutula, Nuculana miocenica, Nuculana morrisi, Nuculana multiconcentrica, Nuculana mutata, Nuculana mutuata, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana napanica, Nuculana nasuta, Nuculana neckeriana, Nuculana nogamii, Nuculana nogamii, Nuculana oolitica, Nuculana ovoides, Nuculana ovula, Nuculana ozarkola, Nuculana panda, Nuculana parilis, Nuculana parleacllli, Nuculana partimstriata, Nuculana pella, Nuculana peltella, Nuculana penderoides, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana percaudata, Nuculana perdita, Nuculana pergamenti, Nuculana perlepida, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana perovalis, Nuculana phaseolina, Nuculana pilvoenica, Nuculana pittensis, Nuculana plana, Nuculana planiuscula, Nuculana planumbona, Nuculana pleshakovi, Nuculana polunini, Nuculana polychoa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana polychroa, Nuculana posti, Nuculana praefurlongi, Nuculana praerobai, Nuculana producta, Nuculana producta, Nuculana protexa, Nuculana protexta, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana puschii, Nuculana pygmaea, Nuculana radiatelirata, Nuculana rhamphidium, Nuculana rostralis, Nuculana rostralis, Nuculana sacata, Nuculana sachalinensis, Nuculana saffordana, Nuculana saibana, Nuculana sambonsugii, Nuculana sanchuensis, Nuculana scapha, Nuculana scaphoides, Nuculana scaphuloidea, Nuculana schiavi, Nuculana securiformis, Nuculana semilinaris, Nuculana semipolita, Nuculana sentula, Nuculana silicea, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana siliquaeformis, Nuculana sinelnikovae, Nuculana slodkewistchi, Nuculana slodkewitschi, Nuculana smirna, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana snatolensis, Nuculana speetonensis, Nuculana stenodolichos, Nuculana stephensoni, Nuculana striata, Nuculana subcompressensis, Nuculana subibajana, Nuculana subibasjana, Nuculana subnapanica, Nuculana subovalis, Nuculana subovalis, Nuculana subperlongata, Nuculana subtrigona, Nuculana sulcata, Nuculana sulcellata, Nuculana symmetrica, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana tarensis, Nuculana tatarica, Nuculana taurica, Nuculana tenuirostris, Nuculana toriyamae, Nuculana travisana, Nuculana travisiana, Nuculana trochilia, Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana tyrolensis, Nuculana tysoni, Nuculana undulata, Nuculana utcholokensis, Nuculana uvuchensis, Nuculana vaderensis, Nuculana vadosa, Nuculana valangiensis, Nuculana vanuxemi, Nuculana ventricosa, Nuculana venusta, Nuculana viator, Nuculana vibrayeana, Nuculana volobuevi, Nuculana wajampolkana, Nuculana washingtoni, Nuculana whitfieldi, Nuculana woodsi, Nuculana woodsi, Nuculana yatsushiroensis, Nuculana yokoyamai, Nuculana yunnanensis, Nuculana zaklinskayae, Nuculana zhanyia, Nuculana zitteli
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1807 | Nuculana (Nuculana) Link |
| 1931 | Nuculana (Nuculana) Grant, IV and Gale p. 119 |
| 1972 | Nuculana (Nuculana) Hertlein and Grant p. 149 |
| 1983 | Nuculana (Nuculana) Moore p. A13 |
| 2010 | Nuculana (Nuculana) Huber p. 93 |
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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 (Nuculana) Link 1807
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†Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa Hanley 1860
Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata Clark 1918
Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Baird 1863 [trenched nutclam]
Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa sculpta Dall 1916
†Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis Speden 1970
Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata Carpenter 1864 [hooked nutclam]
Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina Dall 1896
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Invalid names: Leda amiata Dall 1916 [synonym], Leda liogona Dall 1916 [synonym]
Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Müller 1776 [minute nutclam]
†Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis Hautmann 2001
Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa Dall 1916
†Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis Kendrick and Vartak 2007
†Nuculana (Nuculana) senni Kugler et al. 1984
Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata Couthouy 1838
Invalid names: Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Arnold 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 1 | 4.87 | - | - | - | - | |
| valve height | 12 | 4.65 | 3.35 | 7.91 | 4.30 | 1.45 |
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Holocene or 211.18000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma
Collections (89 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevatian | Iran | Nuculana deffneri (49199) Nuculana perlonga (49198) | |
| Sevatian - Rhaetian | Iran | Nuculana naibandensis (48977) | |
| Rhaetian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Nuculana elliptica (97792) | |
| Rhaetian | Iran | Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana naibandensis (48970) Nuculana naibandensis (48969 48973 48979) Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana naibandensis (48967 48968 48971) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Egypt | Nuculana sp. (150677) | |
| Cenomanian | Jordan | Nuculana perdita (154969) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | India | Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228245) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | India | Nuculana arenicola (228246) Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228244) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Leda minuta (235482) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Hidaka) | Nuculana sambonsugii (40587) | |
| Santonian | Japan (Hidaka) | Nuculana sambonsugii (40588) | |
| Campanian | Japan (Hidaka) | Nuculana sambonsugii (40589) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (California) | Nuculana grandensis (144764) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Nuculana grandensis (88510 88511) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | Nuculana producta, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana brevirostris (27822) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Nuculana grandensis (205541) | |
| Maastrichtian | Russian Federation | Nuculana grandensis (1337) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Nuculana grandensis (1320) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana zaklinskayae (70563) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana napanica (70564) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation | Nuculana napanica (50051) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Russian Federation | Nuculana napanica (50040) | |
| Priabonian | Barbados | Nuculana senni (205150 205151 205153) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation | Nuculana napanica, Nuculana subnapanica, Nuculana utcholokensis (49980) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana utcholokensis (49975) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation | Nuculana cuneiformis (50178) | |
| Chattian | USA (Alaska) | Leda fossa (195957) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana tumiensis (70565) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Russian Federation | Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana majanatschensis (50041) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Nuculana sp. 1 (78552) Nuculana sp. 2 (78553) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana majamraphensis (70461) | |
| Burdigalian | Austria | Nuculana guembeli (77402) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Russian Federation | Nuculana kavranensis, Nuculana majanatschensis, Nuculana tatarica (50038) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70568) Nuculana tatarica (70460 70562) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | Nuculana confusa (70295 70302) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | Russian Federation | Nuculana majamraphensis (50048) | |
| Tortonian | Morocco | Nuculana hoernesi (161327 173165) | |
| Tortonian | Russian Federation | Nuculana tatarica (49978) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70476) Nuculana majamraphensis (70444) Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana tumiensis (70567) Nuculana tatarica (70533) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana majamraphensis (70519) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan | Nuculana sp. (70406) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malaysia | Leda confusa (72092 72097 72098 72099 72100 72102 72106) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Nuculana extenuata, Nuculana hamata (238455) Nuculana hamata (238418) Nuculana leonina (238435) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Leda hamata (186031) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Nuculana leonina (207663 207664) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Leda minuta (140360 140361) | |
| Quaternary | USA (Alaska) | Leda minuta (112323) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Leda hamata (138723) Leda hamata, Leda fossa, Leda minuta (222663) Leda minuta (222664 222979) Nuculana hamata (223325) Nuculana praecursor (203113) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Nuculana tenuisulcata (70839) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Nuculana fossa (41303) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Nuculana tenuisulcata (66338 66339 66345) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Nuculana minuta (75526) | |
| Holocene | Thailand | Nuculana bellula (67929) |