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Nuculana (Nuculana)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

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).

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
YearName and author
1807Nuculana (Nuculana) Link
1931Nuculana (Nuculana) Grant, IV and Gale p. 119
1972Nuculana (Nuculana) Hertlein and Grant p. 149
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) Moore p. A13
2010Nuculana (Nuculana) Huber p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusNuculanaLink 1807
subgenusNuculanaLink 1807

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
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Invalid names: Leda (Leda) loshka Dall 1908 [synonym]
Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Baird 1863 [trenched nutclam]
Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata Carpenter 1864 [hooked nutclam]
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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) odiyamensis Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Nuculana (Nuculana) senni Kugler et al. 1984
Invalid names: Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Arnold 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height14.87----
valve height124.653.357.914.301.45

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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Nuculana deffneri (49199) Nuculana perlonga (49198)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran Nuculana naibandensis (48977)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Nuculana elliptica (97792)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana naibandensis (48970) Nuculana naibandensis (48969 48973 48979) Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana naibandensis (48967 48968 48971)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt Nuculana sp. (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Nuculana perdita (154969)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228245)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Nuculana arenicola (228246) Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228244)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Leda minuta (235482)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40587)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40588)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40589)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Nuculana grandensis (144764)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Nuculana grandensis (88510 88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Nuculana producta, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana brevirostris (27822)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nuculana grandensis (205541)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation Nuculana grandensis (1337)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Nuculana grandensis (1320)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Russian Federation Nuculana zaklinskayae (70563)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (70564)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (50051)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (50040)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Barbados Nuculana senni (205150 205151 205153)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Nuculana napanica, Nuculana subnapanica, Nuculana utcholokensis (49980) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana utcholokensis (49975)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation Nuculana cuneiformis (50178)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Leda fossa (195957)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation Nuculana tumiensis (70565)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana majanatschensis (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Nuculana sp. 1 (78552) Nuculana sp. 2 (78553)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis (70461)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Nuculana guembeli (77402)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Nuculana kavranensis, Nuculana majanatschensis, Nuculana tatarica (50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70568) Nuculana tatarica (70460 70562)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Nuculana confusa (70295 70302)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis (50048)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Nuculana hoernesi (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Nuculana tatarica (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70476) Nuculana majamraphensis (70444) Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana tumiensis (70567) Nuculana tatarica (70533) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana majamraphensis (70519)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Nuculana sp. (70406)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Leda confusa (72092 72097 72098 72099 72100 72102 72106)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Nuculana extenuata, Nuculana hamata (238455) Nuculana hamata (238418) Nuculana leonina (238435)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Leda hamata (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Nuculana leonina (207663 207664)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Leda minuta (140360 140361)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Leda minuta (112323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Leda hamata (138723) Leda hamata, Leda fossa, Leda minuta (222663) Leda minuta (222664 222979) Nuculana hamata (223325) Nuculana praecursor (203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Nuculana tenuisulcata (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Nuculana fossa (41303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Nuculana tenuisulcata (66338 66339 66345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Nuculana minuta (75526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Nuculana bellula (67929)