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Nuculana (Politoleda)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

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).

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, Politoleda forcati

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Nuculana (Politoleda) Jung p. 418
2001Nuculana (Politoleda) Todd

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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
subgenusPolitoleda(Hertlein and Strong 1940)

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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Politoleda polita Sowerby 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:23:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:23:34
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 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

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Nuculana forcati (60144)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Politoleda forcati (136886 157343 158101 160776 161894 162004)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Politoleda forcati (156798 157919 157931)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Politoleda forcati (156682 157830 158040 160968 160970)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Politoleda polita (160394 160395)