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Nuculana minuta

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Arca minuta was named by Müller (1776) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant. Its type locality is Col Rodella, Campitello (Muschelkalk Fm.), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Leda minuta by Müller (1776); it was recombined as Nuculana minuta by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta by Moore (1983), Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Leda minuta Müller
1903Leda minuta praecursor Arnold p. 97 figs. pl. 17, fig. 6
1945Nuculana praecursor Schenck
1962Nuculana minuta Richards p. 52
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Moore p. A14
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Moore p. A14 figs. Plate 2, figure 5
2020Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Hendy
2021Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Hendy

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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
speciesminuta(Müller 1776)

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.

Nuculana minuta Müller 1776
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Holocene or 251.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Arca minuta (201358)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Nuculana minuta (214270 214272 214274)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Nuculana minuta (79894)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nuculana minuta (202632 202634 202638 202648 203108 203114 223327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Nuculana minuta (75197 75200)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Nuculana minuta (66500 66501 66504)