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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).

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 amiata, Leda liogona), 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
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
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 - 201.4Iran Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana naibandensis (48970) Nuculana naibandensis (48969 48973 48979) Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana naibandensis (48967 48968 48971)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Nuculana elliptica (97792)
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 (San Luis) 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 - 66.0Russian Federation Nuculana grandensis (1337)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nuculana grandensis (205541)
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 - 15.98Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis (70461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Nuculana sp. 1 (78552) Nuculana sp. 2 (78553)
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 - 7.246Russian Federation Nuculana tatarica (49978)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Nuculana hoernesi (161327 173165)
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 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Nuculana tenuisulcata (66338 66339 66345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Nuculana fossa (41303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Nuculana tenuisulcata (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Nuculana minuta (75526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Nuculana bellula (67929)