Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck 1799 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Parent taxon: Nucula according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Arnold 1903, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, del Rio 1992, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Huber 2010, Mandic et al. 2002, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973, Moore 1983, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1973

Sister taxa: Nucula (Deminucula), Nucula (Gibbonucula), Nucula (Lamellinucula), Nucula (Linucula), Nucula (Pronucula), Nucula (Rumptunucula), Nucula (Varinucula), Nucula acutula, Nucula alcocki, Nucula amica, Nucula andersoni, Nucula assiniboiensis, Nucula athabaskensis, Nucula bifida, Nucula bocconis, Nucula brewsterensis, Nucula calcicola, Nucula cancellata, Nucula cancellata, Nucula carantana, Nucula catalina, Nucula certisinus, Nucula chargensis, Nucula coelata, Nucula complanata, Nucula concinna, Nucula cordata, Nucula cossmanni, Nucula costaeimbricatis, Nucula crenulata, Nucula crepida, Nucula curvata, Nucula darella, Nucula delphinodonta, Nucula dimidiata, Nucula domandaensis, Nucula eightsii, Nucula etheridgei, Nucula excavata, Nucula expansa, Nucula gabbiana, Nucula goldfussii, Nucula greppini, Nucula hannibali, Nucula hausmanni, Nucula impressa, Nucula inflata, Nucula isosceles, Nucula joanniswanneri, Nucula karatsuensis, Nucula lateralis, Nucula latissima, Nucula lucida, Nucula major, Nucula mancorensis, Nucula margaritifera, Nucula martini, Nucula matani, Nucula mayeri, Nucula micheleae, Nucula monroensis, Nucula morundiana, Nucula mucronata, Nucula munsteri, Nucula narica, Nucula nejdensis, Nucula nitidosa, Nucula nizenensis, Nucula njalindungensis, Nucula observatoria, Nucula obtusa, Nucula obtusa, Nucula oppeliana, Nucula orbicella, Nucula ovata, Nucula paboensis, Nucula pectinata, Nucula pectuncularis, Nucula pilkeyi, Nucula planimarginata, Nucula prunicola, Nucula pusilla, Nucula rembangensis, Nucula rescuensis, Nucula reticularis, Nucula ripae, Nucula rossiana, Nucula rotunda, Nucula schlosseri, Nucula scissurata, Nucula sedanensis, Nucula semistriata, Nucula shaleri, Nucula simplex, Nucula sinaria, Nucula smithsoni, Nucula solitaria, Nucula speciosa, Nucula stantoni, Nucula stephana, Nucula storrsi, Nucula strigilata, Nucula studeri, Nucula subaequilatera, Nucula subcuneata, Nucula subnuda, Nucula subovalis, Nucula subredempta, Nucula subserradensis, Nucula subtransversa, Nucula sundaica, Nucula tallahalaensis, Nucula taphria, Nucula tatriana, Nucula telleri, Nucula tenuis, Nucula tenuistriata, Nucula tersior, Nucula truncata, Nucula turgens, Nucula variabilis, Nucula vestigia, Nucula vicksburgensis, Nucula waikuraensis, Nucula washingtonensis

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 Nucula (Nucula) proxima Nucula (Nucula) schencki Nucula (Nucula) sericea Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Nucula (Nucula) sulcata Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta Nucula (Nucula) townsendi Nucula (Nucula) trigonula Nucula (Nucula) vieta Nucula (Nucula) vitis Nucula (Nucula) zophos Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Ecuador (1), France (1), Greenland (2), Italy (5), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (62: Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Belgium (6), Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (2), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (3), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (22: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (8)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (17), Haiti (1), Italy (3), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (9), Poland (4), Slovakia (3), United States (15: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Oligocene of Panama (2)

• Eocene of Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (1), France (2), Mexico (5), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (203: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleocene of India (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (42: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2), India (3), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Poland (1)

• Jurassic of France (1)

• Chesterian of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 489 collections including 533 occurrences

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