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Cucullaea

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Cucullaea Lamarck
1865Cucullea Laube p. 60
1904Macrodon (Cucullaea) Broili
1922Cucullaea Packard p. 416
1928Cucullaea Nagao p. 25
1936Arca (Cucullaea) Pannekoek p. 65
1951Cucullaea Eames p. 334
1960Cucullaea Marwick p. 12
1977Cucullaea Adegoke p. 223
1978Cucullaea Malumian et al. p. 274
1980Cucullaea Vokes p. 17
1982Cucullaea Tashiro and Kozai p. 72
1983Cucullaea Moore p. A47
1985Cucullaea Erdmann and Morra p. 291
1988Cucullaea Tashiro p. 286
1992Cucullaea Maxwell p. 61
1994Cucullaea Skwarko p. e3
1998Cucullaea Lamprell and Healy p. 62
1998Cucullaea Stilwell p. 33
1999Cucullaea Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 18
2002Cucullaea Sepkoski
2004Cucullaea Stilwell et al. p. 20
2006Cucullaea El Qot p. 24
2010Cucullaea Bouchet et al.
2012Cucullaea Beu et al. p. 24
2014Cucullaea Ros-Franch et al.
2021Cucullaea Hickman p. 14
2021Cucullaea Mendir et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusCucullaeaLamarck 1801

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.

G. Cucullaea Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Cucullaea (Cucullastis) Finlay and Marwick 1937
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Cucullaea (Cucullastis) barbara Finlay and Marwick 1937
Subg. †Cucullaea (Cucullona) Finlay and Marwick 1937
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Cucullaea (Cucullona) fueguensis Malumian et al. 1978
Subg. †Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) Rafinesque 1819
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Subg. †Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis Yabe and Nagao 1928
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Invalid names: Arca decurtata Gabb 1864 [synonym]
Idonearca capax Conrad 1858
Idonearca deserti Douvillé 1916
Idonearca littlei Gabb 1877
Idonearca orientalis Douvillé 1916
Idonearca stephensoni Stoyanow 1949
Subg. †Cucullaea (Latiarca) Conrad 1862
Cucullaea alta Sowerby 1846
Cucullaea chiemiensis Guembel 1861
Cucullaea chilensis Philippi 1887
Cucullaea cordiformis Packard 1922
Cucullaea corioensis McCoy 1876
Cucullaea crassatina Lamarck 1805
Cucullaea eichwaldi Karakash 1897
Cucullaea ellioti Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988
Cucullaea equidens Tate 1886
Cucullaea erda Maury 1930
Cucullaea ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
Cucullaea farsensis Cox 1936
Cucullaea freia Maury 1930
Cucullaea gabbi Johnson 1905
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Invalid names: Cucullaea transversa Gabb 1862 [replaced]
Cucullaea gigantea Conrad 1862
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811
Cucullaea haguei Meek 1877
Cucullaea harttii Rathburn 1875
Cucullaea increbescens White 1889
Cucullaea inermis Gabb 1869
Cucullaea isolda Maury 1930
Cucullaea labiata Lightfoot 1786
Cucullaea laubei Broili 1904
Cucullaea lirata Packard 1922
Cucullaea littlei Gabb 1877
Cucullaea macerata Boehm 1881
Cucullaea marshalli Zinsmeister 1981
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Arca biloba Weaver 1905 [synonym]
Cucullaea minchinhamptonensis Cox and Arkell 1948
Cucullaea monodi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
Cucullaea morani Waring 1914
Cucullaea multicostata Ihering 1904
Cucullaea nipponica Nagao 1928
Cucullaea obliqua Lycett 1850
Cucullaea obliqua Meek 1877
Cucullaea pachygastris Boettger 1880
Cucullaea pamotanensis Martin 1910
Cucullaea patagonensis Erdmann and Morra 1985
Cucullaea perijana Hodson et al. 1927
Cucullaea ponderosa Whiteaves 1876
Cucullaea scrivenori Newton 1906
Cucullaea seisiana Broili 1904
Cucullaea subglabra Orbigny 1850
Cucullaea transversa Rogers and Rogers 1839
Cucullaea transversa Nagao 1934
Cucullaea tschapitana Broili 1904
Cucullaea worthingtoni Hutton 1873
Cucullea auingeri Laube 1865
Cucullea rugosa Münster 1841
Idonearca deatsvillensis Stephenson 1941
Idonearca kingsensis Stephenson 1941
Idonearca murrayi Stephenson 1941
Idonearca powersi Stephenson 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height8614.72.2038.616.08.10
entire specimen height1817.58.9024.517.94.03
shell height249.345.054.049.56.36
valve height122.4----

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 15:53:52
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:53:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 364.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 360.7 Ma

Collections (1246 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) C. depressa, C. sp. (38427)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (South Tyrol) C. sp. (205099 205100)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina C. sp. (203800)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Macrodon laubei, C. tschapitana, C. seisiana (44953)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Singapore C. sp. (202320)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7Singapore C. scrivenori (113863)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Arca rugosa (137429) Pichleria polyglypha (144634)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Greenland C. sp. (162106)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Japan (Miyagi) C. mabuchii (40541)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) C. similis (53947)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile C. rothi (7420)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. sp., Grammatodon intermedius (204130) Grammatodon intermedius (204132)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Grammatodon intermedius (204124)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (Mendoza) C. rothi (33734 33735 33753 33775) C. rothi, C. jaworskii (33724)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (Neuquen) C. jaworskii (33906) C. jaworskii, C. rothi (33862 33902 33909) C. rothi (33907)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Portugal (Coimbra) C. muensteri (225384 225385 225386)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (San Juan) C. rothi (33699)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland C. munsteri (162113) C. sp. (162088)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain C. sp. (211866 211870 212067 212189)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Argentina (Neuquen) C. rothi (33853)