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Nuculanidae (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ledidae Adams and Adams
1858Nuculanidae Adams and Adams
1904Ledidae Glenn p. 395
1916Ledidae Raymond
1923Ledidae Clark and Arnold p. 137
1931Ledidae Olsson p. 36
1938Nuculanidae Turner p. 41
1945Nuculanidae Gardner
1958Nuculanidae DuBar p. 153
1965Nuculanidae Newell p. 16
1976Nuculanidae Givens and Kennedy p. 973
1980Nuculanidae Vokes p. 5
1982Ledellinae Allen and Sanders
1982Nuculanidae Dockery p. 28
1983Veteranellinae Chen et al.
1984Nuculanidae Squires p. 41
1987Nuculanidae Squires p. 54
1987Nuculanidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1992Nuculanidae Maxwell p. 56
1992Nuculanidae Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 48
1999Nuculanidae Squires p. 23
2000Ledellinae Coan et al. pp. 82, 94
2000Nuculanidae Coan et al. pp. 82, 83
2001Nuculanidae Todd
2004Nuculanidae Fang and Cope
2004Nuculanidae Spencer et al.
2004Nuculanidae Stilwell et al. p. 17
2006Nuculanidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2006Nuculanidae El Qot p. 17
2006Nuculanidae Fang
2008Nuculanidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2009Nuculanidae Nevesskaja
2010Nuculanidae Bouchet et al.
2011Nuculanidae Carter et al. p. 6
2012Nuculanidae Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 57
2014Nuculanidae Ros-Franch et al.

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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
familyNuculanidaeAdams 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.

Fm. Nuculanidae Adams and Adams 1858 [pointed nut clam]
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G. †Acilana Khomenko 1937
G. Acutispinula Filatova and Schileyko 1984
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G. †Anthracoleda Benedetto 1980
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Subg. †Anthracoleda (Pseudoleda) Sanchez et al. 1995
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Anthracoleda (Pseudoleda) minuta Sanchez et al. 1995
G. †Australoportlandia Zinsmeister 1984
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Australoportlandia antarctica Zinsmeister 1984
G. Bathyspinula Filatova 1958
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Subg. Bathyspinula (Bathyspinula) Allen and Sanders 1982
G. †Calorhadia Stewart 1930
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Subg. †Calorhadia (Calorhadia) Stewart 1930
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Calorhadia aequalis Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Leda media Lea 1833 [synonym]
Calorhadia semen Lea 1883
G. Costelloleda Hertlein and Strong 1940
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G. †Dacromya Agassiz 1840
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Dacromya chetaensis Sanin 1976
Dacromya nagaensis Awad 1945
Dacryomya elongata Fan 1963
Dacryomya kiparisovae Kurushin 1990
Dacryomya peculiaris Kurushin 1990
Dacryomya polaris Kiparisova 1937
Dacryomya skorochodi Kiparisova 1938
Dacryomya tarua Skwarko 1973
G. †Ezonuculana Nagao 1938
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G. †Indonuculana Kanjilal and Singh 1980
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Invalid names: Reticulana Kanjilal and Singh 1973 [synonym]
G. Ledella Verrill and Bush 1897
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Subg. Ledella (Amphilata) Filatova and Schileyko 1984
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Subg. Ledella (Ledella) Verrill and Bush 1897
Ledella herdmani Dell 1953
Ledella leptorhyncha Tate 1886
Ledella sublevis Verrill and Bush 1898 [Polished Nut Clam]
Invalid names: Junonia Seguenza 1877 [synonym]
G. †Mesosaccella Chavan 1946
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Mesosaccella perdita Conrad 1852
Mesosaccella rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Mesosaccella toddi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
G. †Multidentata Krishtofovich 1964
G. Nuculana Link 1807
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Subg. Nuculana (Costanuculana) Habe 1951
Subg. †Nuculana (Dacryomya) Agassiz 1840
Subg. Nuculana (Nuculana) Link 1807
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Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola Kendrick and Vartak 2007
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Invalid names: Leda (Leda) loshka Dall 1908 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Leda amiata Dall 1916 [synonym], Leda liogona Dall 1916 [synonym]
Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Nuculana (Nuculana) senni Kugler et al. 1984
Invalid names: Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Arnold 1903 [synonym]
Subg. Nuculana (Politoleda) Hertlein and Strong 1940
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Politoleda polita Sowerby 1833
Subg. †Nuculana (Praesaccella) Cox 1940
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Subg. Nuculana (Scaeoleda) Iredale 1924
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Scaeoleda crebricostata Tenison Woods 1877
Scaeoleda woodsii Tate 1886
Subg. Nuculana (Tenuileda) Habe 1977
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Invalid names: Leda gomphoidea Dall 1916 [synonym]
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 [pointed nut clam]
Nuculana acutilineata Hybertsen and Kiel 2018
Nuculana akidota Dockery 1982
Nuculana alpina Winkler 1859
Nuculana andrewi Marwick 1931
Nuculana antarctirostrata Stilwell et al. 2004
Nuculana asiatica Kurushin 1985
Nuculana biangulata Easton 1962
Nuculana chapmani Finlay 1924
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Invalid names: Leda apiculata Tate 1886 [replaced]
Nuculana concentrica Say 1824 [Concentric Nut Clam]
Nuculana cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
Nuculana cultellus von Koenen 1897
Nuculana cuneata Sowerby 1833
Nuculana curvirostris de Cserna 1961
Nuculana decora Adams 1856
Nuculana dewalquei Terquem and Piette 1868
Nuculana doris d'Orbigny 1849
Nuculana elmana Etherington 1931
Nuculana emarginata Lamarck 1819
Nuculana etheridgei Maxwell 1964
Nuculana excavata Goldfuss 1837
Nuculana fluvilutea Marwick 1931
Nuculana forcarti Jung 1965
Nuculana gabbii Conrad 1866
Nuculana gnomon Jung 1965
Nuculana gracillima Jung 1965
Nuculana grasslei Allen 1993
Nuculana jamaicensis d'Orbigny 1853 [Jamaican Nut Clam]
Nuculana konishii Hayami 1961
Nuculana liciata Conrad 1843
Nuculana mariae d'Orbigny 1844
Nuculana miaocunensis Chen 1976
Nuculana minima Sowerby 1812
Nuculana minuta Müller 1776
Nuculana moriyai Marincovich, Jr. 1993
Nuculana oxia Dall 1916
Nuculana oxyrhyncha Philippi 1887
Nuculana parkei Anderson and Hanna 1925
Nuculana parva Jung 1965
Nuculana pernula Müller 1779
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Invalid names: Leda buccata Müller 1842 [synonym], Nuculana jacksoni Gould 1841 [synonym], Nuculana rostrata Bruguiére 1789 [synonym]
Nuculana posterolaevia Kiel and Goedert 2007
Nuculana probellula Marwick 1929
Nuculana redondoensis Burch 1944
Nuculana rostellata Conrad 1841
Nuculana rostratruncata Gardner 1916
Nuculana semen Smith 1885 [Seed Nut Clam]
Nuculana semicrenulata Trechmann 1917
Nuculana socialis Stoliczka 1871
Nuculana thompsoni Cox 1965
Nuculana timorensis Krumbeck 1924
Nuculana triangulata Meyer 1886
Nuculana undulostriata Fletcher 1945
Nuculana verrilliana Dall 1886 [Barbed Nut Clam]
Nuculana vexillata Marwick 1953
Nuculana virgo Martin 1879
Nuculana vitrea d'Orbigny 1853 [Glassy Nut Clam]
Nuculana waterhousei Etheridge 1888
Nuculana waynensis Mansfield 1940
Nuculana whitmani Dall 1909
Nuculana willetti Marwick 1953
Nuculana zieteni Brauns 1871
Invalid names: Crassoleda Savitskii 1969 [synonym], Leda Schumacher 1817 [synonym]
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]
G. Orthoyoldia Verrill 1897
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G. †Phestioidea Pojeta et al. 1986
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Phestioidea obtusa Pojeta et al. 1986
G. Poroleda Hutton 1893
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Poroleda lanceolata Hutton 1885
Invalid names: Lamellileda Cotton 1930 [synonym]
G. †Praeportlandia Savitskii 1969
G. Propeleda Iredale 1924
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Propeleda carpenteri Dall 1881 [Carpenter's Smooth Nut Clam]
Propeleda trulliformis Marwick 1931
G. Saccella Woodring 1925
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Nuculana (Saccella) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Leda milleri Dickerson 1914 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Leda vaderensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym], Leda vogdesi Anderson and Hanna 1925 [synonym]
Nuculana (Saccella) merriami Dickerson 1917
Nuculana (Saccella) nolfi Glibert 1985
Nuculana (Saccella) ochsneri Anderson and Martin 1914
Nuculana (Saccella) packardi Dickerson 1914
Saccella acrita Dall 1908
Saccella acrita epacra Woodring 1973
Saccella acuminata von Buch 1845
Saccella acuticauda Pritchard 1901
Saccella balboae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Saccella canonica Dall 1890
Saccella charanica Olsson 1931
Saccella chiriquiana Olsson 1942
Saccella davidana Olsson 1942
Saccella davilae Olsson 1922
Saccella eburnea Sowerby 1833
Saccella elenensis Sowerby I 1833
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Invalid names: Leda acapulcensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
Saccella fabalis Olsson 1964
Saccella fontinalis Pritchard 1901
Saccella hindsii Hanley 1860
Saccella hokkaidoensis Oyama and Mizuno 1958
Saccella incognita Guppy 1867
Saccella laeviradius Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Saccella miradorana Olsson 1931
Saccella orcutti Arnold 1908
Saccella ornata d'Orbigny 1845
Saccella packardi Forbes 1848
Saccella parva Rogers and Rogers 1837
Saccella peltella Dall 1903
Saccella peruviana Dall 1895
Saccella phlyctaena Woodring 1973
Saccella quercollis Harris 1896
Saccella semiteres Hutton 1877
Saccella subcerata Woodring 1925
Saccella taphria Dall 1896
Saccella tenellula Bartrum and Powell 1928
Saccella uvasana Dickerson 1915
Saccella vagans Tate 1887
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Invalid names: Leda lucida Tenison Woods 1879 [replaced]
Saccella vulgaris Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Invalid names: Leda obliterata Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839
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Invalid names: Nuculana gracilis Deshayes 1860 [synonym]
Sacella atakta Gardner 1927
G. Scissuladrana Petuch 1987
G. †Spineilo Finlay and Marwick 1937
Invalid names: Ledellinae Allen and Sanders 1982 [invalid subgroup], Ledidae Adams and Adams 1858 [synonym], Poroledidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty], Veteranellinae Chen et al. 1983 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available