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Nucula (Nucula)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula (Nucula) was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nucula by Lamarck (1799), Arnold (1903), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), da Silva Forti (1969), Woodring (1973), Marasti (1973), Moore (1983), del Rio (1992), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Mandic et al. (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Huber (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Subtaxa
Nucula (Nucula) archiaci, Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata, Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis, Nucula (Nucula) capayensis, Nucula (Nucula) cooperi, Nucula (Nucula) cromata, Nucula (Nucula) declivis, Nucula (Nucula) donaciformis, Nucula (Nucula) fragilis, Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi, Nucula (Nucula) magnifica, Nucula (Nucula) mariae, Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis, Nucula (Nucula) mediavia, Nucula (Nucula) mirada, Nucula (Nucula) mixta, Nucula (Nucula) nitidula, Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis, Nucula (Nucula) nucleus, Nucula (Nucula) ovula, Nucula (Nucula) profundorum (syn. Nucula chrysocoma), Nucula (Nucula) proxima, Nucula (Nucula) schencki, Nucula (Nucula) sericea, Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis, Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis, Nucula (Nucula) sulcata, Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta, Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, Nucula (Nucula) vieta (syn. Nucula venezuelana), Nucula (Nucula) vitis, Nucula (Nucula) zophos, Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Nucula angusta, Nucula aptera, Nucula calliope, Nucula cipleyensis, Nucula ciplyensis, Nucula cochlear, Nucula dasa, Nucula defuniak, Nucula dixoni, Nucula eudorae, Nucula fritschi, Nucula guillermensis, Nucula indica, Nucula mametschinskensis, Nucula meadinga, Nucula microconcentrica, Nucula otamatea, Nucula pectinata, Nucula percrassa, Nucula planata, Nucula potomacensis, Nucula praelongata, Nucula pulchra, Nucula rivulana, Nucula sagittata, Nucula silicea, Nucula stachei, Nucula subtrigona, Nucula waiaotea, Nucula waiotea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck
1903Nucula (Nucula) Arnold p. 96
1931Nucula (Nucula) Grant, IV and Gale
1969Nucula (Nucula) da Silva Forti p. 63
1973Nucula (Nucula) Marasti p. 99
1973Nucula (Nucula) Woodring p. 488
1983Nucula (Nucula) Moore p. A6
1992Nucula (Nucula) del Rio p. 12
2000Nucula (Nucula) Coan et al. p. 73
2001Nucula (Nucula) Todd
2002Nucula (Nucula) Mandic et al. p. 300
2003Nucula (Nucula) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2010Nucula (Nucula) Huber p. 85
2012Nucula (Nucula) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
subgenusNuculaLamarck 1799

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. Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck 1799
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†Nucula (Nucula) archiaci Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
†Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata Soliczka 1871
†Nucula (Nucula) cooperi Dickerson 1913
†Nucula (Nucula) cromata Sorgenfrel 1958
†Nucula (Nucula) fragilis Deshayes 1829
Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi Winckworth 1931
†Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896
†Nucula (Nucula) mirada Olsson 1964
†Nucula (Nucula) mixta Deshayes 1858
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Invalid names: Nucula chrysocoma Dall 1908 [synonym]
Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 [Atlantic Nut Clam]
Nucula (Nucula) schencki Hertlein and Strong 1940
Nucula (Nucula) sericea Thiele and Jaeckel 1931
†Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957
†Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874
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Invalid names: Nucula venezuelana Weisbord 1964 [synonym]
†Nucula (Nucula) vitis Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii Oostingh 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height711.52.9018.013.15.03
valve height14.04----

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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Holocene or 335.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma

Collections (492 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Nucula randolphensis, Nucula platynotus (124256)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) Nucula nucleus (49334)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Nucula margitifera (151611 151613)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Nucula sp. (154969)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Nucula bidorsata (228245)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Nucula bidorsata (228244 228246)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan Nucula amanoi (219958)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Nucula ascendens, Nucula tenera, Nucula sp. (27822)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2857 2861 2862 98391 98393)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (5591 5592 5593 5594 5595 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 84468 91893 98701) Nucula ovula (205466)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (90601) Nucula ovula, Nucula mediavia (35081)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (86188)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nucula getkilnensis, Nucula cooperi (49981)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2921 2923 2925)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) Nucula mediavia (84646 84649 84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Nucula mediavia (2916 2919 86172 86173 86174 86175 86181 86182 86259 89867 89947 205499)
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Nucula spheniopsis (202260)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Nucula ovula (173476)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India Nucula archiaci (145510)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Nucula fragilis (38868)