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Nuculana (Nuculana)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana (Nuculana) was named by Link (1807). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculana by Link (1807), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983) and Huber (2010).

Subtaxa
Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata (syn. Leda (Leda) loshka), Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina (syn. Leda amiata, Leda liogona), Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta (syn. Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor), Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Nuculana alferovi, Nuculana amuriensis, Nuculana bathurstensis, Nuculana borsonii, Nuculana calkinsi, Nuculana camelorum, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana castor, Nuculana coelata, Nuculana coloradoensis, Nuculana compalana, Nuculana complanata, Nuculana corbetensis, Nuculana corpulentoides, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana deshayesiana, Nuculana dodona, Nuculana dodsoni, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana elliptica, Nuculana equilateralis, Nuculana evansi, Nuculana fiski, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana grandensis, Nuculana inornata, Nuculana kenyana, Nuculana kittensis, Nuculana meriani, Nuculana minmiensis, Nuculana mutuata, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana parleacllli, Nuculana pennula, Nuculana perdita, Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana saffordana, Nuculana securiformis, Nuculana slodkewitschi, Nuculana smirna, Nuculana sulcellata, Nuculana taioma, Nuculana travisana, Nuculana turgeo, Nuculana tyrolensis, Nuculana vadosa, Nuculana wajampolkana, Nuculana yatsushiroensis, Nuculana yunnanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Nuculana (Nuculana) Link
1972Nuculana (Nuculana) Hertlein and Grant p. 149
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) Moore p. A13
2010Nuculana (Nuculana) Huber p. 93

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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
genusNuculanaLink 1807
subgenusNuculanaLink 1807

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. 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height14.87----
valve height124.653.357.914.301.45

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: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Holocene or 208.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.6 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Nuculana deffneri (49199) Nuculana perlonga (49198)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran Nuculana naibandensis (48977)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran Nuculana deffneri, Nuculana naibandensis (48970) Nuculana naibandensis (48969 48973 48979) Nuculana perlonga, Nuculana naibandensis (48967 48968 48971)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Nuculana elliptica (97792)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Nuculana sp. (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Nuculana perdita (154969)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (San Luis) Leda minuta (235482)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228245)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Nuculana arenicola (228246) Nuculana odiyamensis, Nuculana arenicola (228244)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40587)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40588)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan (Hidaka) Nuculana sambonsugii (40589)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Nuculana grandensis (144764)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nuculana grandensis (205541)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Nuculana grandensis (88510 88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Nuculana producta, Nuculana siliqua, Nuculana puschi, Nuculana foersteri, Nuculana carinata, Nuculana brevirostris (27822)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Russian Federation Nuculana zaklinskayae (70563)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (70564)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (50051)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation Nuculana napanica (50040)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Nuculana senni (205150 205151 205153)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation Nuculana napanica, Nuculana subnapanica, Nuculana utcholokensis (49980) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana utcholokensis (49975)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Nuculana tumiensis (70565)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Leda fossa (195957)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation Nuculana cuneiformis (50178)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana majanatschensis (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Nuculana sp. 1 (78552) Nuculana sp. 2 (78553)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis (70461)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Nuculana guembeli (77402)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Nuculana kavranensis, Nuculana majanatschensis, Nuculana tatarica (50038)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70568) Nuculana tatarica (70460 70562)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan Nuculana confusa (70295 70302)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Nuculana majamraphensis (50048)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Nuculana tatarica (49978)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Nuculana hoernesi (161327 173165)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Nuculana chinaensis, Nuculana tatarica (70476) Nuculana majamraphensis (70444) Nuculana majamraphensis, Nuculana tumiensis (70567) Nuculana tatarica (70533) Nuculana tumiensis, Nuculana majamraphensis (70519)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Nuculana sp. (70406)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Leda confusa (72092 72097 72098 72099 72100 72102 72106)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Leda hamata (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nuculana leonina (207663 207664)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Leda minuta (140360 140361)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Leda minuta (112323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Leda hamata (138723) Leda hamata, Leda fossa, Leda minuta (222663) Leda minuta (222664 222979) Nuculana hamata (223325) Nuculana praecursor (203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Nuculana tenuisulcata (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Nuculana fossa (41303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Nuculana tenuisulcata (66338 66339 66345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Nuculana minuta (75526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Nuculana bellula (67929)