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Nuculaninae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nuculaninae was named by Adams and Adams (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Adams and Adams (1858), Lintz (1958), Maxwell (1992), Stilwell et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Nuculaninae Adams and Adams
1958Nuculaninae Lintz p. 106
1979Adranidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
1992Nuculaninae Maxwell p. 56
2004Nuculaninae Stilwell et al. p. 17
2009Adranidae Nevesskaja
2010Nuculaninae Bouchet et al.
2012Nuculaninae Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 57

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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
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858

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.

Subfm. Nuculaninae Adams and Adams 1858
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G. Adrana Adams and Adams 1858
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†Adrana aegra Olsson 1964
†Adrana agronomica Maury 1924
†Adrana aldrichiana Harris 1895
†Adrana dalliana Olsson 1922
†Adrana electa Adams 1858
†Adrana ensinoides Olsson 1922
Adrana exoptata Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Adrana lanceolata Sowerby 1817
Adrana newcombi Angas 1878
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Invalid names: Adrana perprotracta Dall 1912 [synonym]
†Adrana quitanensis Olsson 1922
Adrana sowerbyana d'Orbigny 1833
†Adrana stena Woodring 1973
G. Comitileda Iredale 1924
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†Comitileda brachyryncha Maxwell 1992
Comitileda miliacea Hedley 1902
G. †Culunana Lintz 1958
G. Jupiteria Bellardi 1875
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Subg. †Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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†Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Jupiteria aipeia Woodring 1973
Jupiteria concava Bronn 1831
†Jupiteria solida Dall 1886
†Jupiteria subtumida Woodring 1925
†Leda (Jupiteria) duerdeni Woodring 1925
Nuculana (Jupiteria) penderi Dall and Bartsch 1910
†Nuculana (Jupiteria) prisca Deshayes 1858
†Nuculana (Jupiteria) uawa Marwick 1931
Invalid names: Epacroleda Savitskii 1969 [synonym]
G. †Ledina Dall 1898
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†Ledina duttonae Vokes 1939
†Ledina fresnoensis Dickerson 1916
†Ledina smirna Dall 1898
G. †Pseudoportlandia Woodring 1925
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†Pseudoportlandia tahuia Marwick 1942
Invalid names: Adraninae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available