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Nuculana (Politoleda)
Taxonomy
Politoleda was named by Hertlein and Strong (1940). It is extant. Its type is Nucula polita.
It was reranked as Nuculana (Politoleda) by Jung (1965), Todd (2001).
It was assigned to Nuculana by Jung (1965), Todd (2001).
It was reranked as Nuculana (Politoleda) by Jung (1965), Todd (2001).
It was assigned to Nuculana by Jung (1965), Todd (2001).
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
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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 (Politoleda) Hertlein and Strong 1940
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†Nuculana (Politoleda) forcarti Jung 1965
Politoleda polita Sowerby 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Nuculana forcati (60144) | |
| Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Politoleda forcati (136886 157343 158101 160776 161894 162004) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Politoleda forcati (156798 157919 157931) | |
| Langhian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Politoleda forcati (156682 157830 158040 160968 160970) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Panama (Panama) | Politoleda polita (160394 160395) |