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Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Leda washingtonensis Weaver pp. 34-35 figs. pl. 3, figs. 25, 26
1942Nuculana washingtonensis Weaver pp. 38-39
1944Nuculana washingtonensis Durham p. 135
1976Litorhadia washingtonensis Moore p. 43
1983Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis Moore pp. A17 - A18 figs. Plate 2, figures 16, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusNuculanaWoodring 1925
subgenusSaccella
specieswashingtonensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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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: shallow infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:24:17
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:02:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chattian or 41.30000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (California) Nuculana washingtonensis (52628 52630)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Nuculana washingtonensis (52205 52206 52207 203164)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Nuculana washingtonensis (91606 91607)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Nuculana washingtonensis (38940 38944 38945 38987 38988 38991 38992 38993 38999 39000 39002 39003 39004 39005 39024 39030 39031 39032 39035 39036 126108 233549)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Nuculana washingtonensis (205215)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Litorhadia washingtonensis (37697 37700 37701 37816 37817 37818 37823 37824)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Nuculana washingtonensis (208146)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Litorhadia washingtonensis (37680 37684 37685 37687 37690 37691 37694 37695) Nuculana washingtonensis (57052)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Nuculana washingtonensis (52362 208161)