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Nuculana acuta (pointed nut clam)
Taxonomy
Nucula acuta was named by Conrad (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts-West Indies (Recent); Maryland-Texas (Pleistocene)]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Leda acuta by Clark (1906); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) acuta by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Saccella acuta by Woodring (1973) and Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Nuculana acuta by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Olsson (1953), Richards (1962) and Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008).
It was recombined as Leda acuta by Clark (1906); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) acuta by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Saccella acuta by Woodring (1973) and Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Nuculana acuta by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Olsson (1953), Richards (1962) and Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. alferovi, N. amuriensis, N. bathurstensis, N. borsonii, N. calkinsi, N. camelorum, N. castor, N. coelata, N. coloradoensis, N. complanata, N. corbetensis, N. corpulentoides, N. demissa, N. deshayesiana, N. dodona, N. dodsoni, N. duplicarina, N. equilateralis, N. evansi, N. fiski, N. inornata, N. kenyana, N. kittensis, N. minmiensis, N. mutuata, N. saffordana, N. securiformis, N. smirna, N. sulcellata, N. travisana, N. turgeo, N. tyrolensis, N. yunnanensis, N. pennula, N. compalana, N. slodkewitschi, N. parleacllli, N. taioma, N. vadosa, N. carinata, N. elliptica, N. grandensis, N. perdita, N. perlonga, N. yatsushiroensis, N. meriani, N. duplicarina, N. fragilis, N. gnonom, N. nagaoi, N. wajampolkana
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1832 | Nucula acuta Conrad p. 32 |
| 1860 | Nucula acuta Holmes p. 16 |
| 1906 | Leda acuta Clark |
| 1931 | Nuculana acuta Grant, IV and Gale p. 123 |
| 1953 | Nuculana acuta Olsson p. 28 |
| 1958 | Nuculana (Saccella) acuta DuBar p. 153 |
| 1962 | Nuculana acuta Richards p. 52 |
| 1973 | Saccella acuta Woodring p. 491 |
| 2008 | Saccella acuta Hendy et al. |
| 2008 | Nuculana acuta Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 42 |
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Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 [pointed nut clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available