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Taxonomy
Nucula castrensis was named by Hinds (1843). It is extant.
It was recombined as Acila castrensis by Ashley (1895), Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Kern (1973); it was recombined as Nucula (Acila) castrensis by Arnold (1903), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Acila (Truncacila) castrensis by Schenck (1936), Woodring (1938), Keen and Bentson (1944), Faustman (1964), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Acila castrensis by Ashley (1895), Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Kern (1973); it was recombined as Nucula (Acila) castrensis by Arnold (1903), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Acila (Truncacila) castrensis by Schenck (1936), Woodring (1938), Keen and Bentson (1944), Faustman (1964), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. asachiensis, A. ashiyaensis, A. cobboldiae, A. elongata, A. gettisburgensis, A. insignis, A. kusiroensis, A. minima, A. mirabilis, A. parva, A. picturata, A. piura, A. pusilla, A. schumardi, A. tosaensis, A. trilineata, A. elongata, A. antefultoni, A. elongata, A. isthmica, A. kovatschensis, A. submariabilis, A. vengeriana, A. demessa, A. nakazimai, A. chausiensis, A. chicotana, A. enpirensis, A. ermani, A. eximia, A. gottschei, A. granulata, A. himenourensis, A. ilpinensis, A. incignis, A. insignis, A. isignis, A. longa, A. marujamensis, A. munda, A. nakazimai, A. nehalemensis, A. nehalemensis, A. oyamadensis, A. pecticostata, A. picturata, A. plana, A. pleschakovi, A. praevigilia, A. schomburgki, A. triangula, A. vereshagini, Truncacila korjakensis, Truncacila munda, Truncacila shimojimensis, Truncacila subdemessa, Truncacila yoshidai
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Nucula castrensis Hinds |
| 1863 | Nucula lyalli Baird p. 71 |
| 1895 | Acila castrensis Ashley p. 344 |
| 1903 | Nucula (Acila) castrensis Arnold p. 95 |
| 1922 | Acila empirensis Howe p. 96 |
| 1931 | Nucula (Acila) castrensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 116 figs. Plate 1, Figures 6a, 6b |
| 1936 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Schenck p. 98 |
| 1938 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Woodring p. 29 |
| 1944 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Keen and Bentson p. 23 |
| 1950 | Acila castrensis Woodring and Bramlette |
| 1964 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Faustman p. 113 |
| 1967 | Acila (Truncacila) beringiana Slodkevisch p. 56 |
| 1972 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hertlein and Grant p. 147 |
| 1973 | Acila castrensis Kern |
| 1983 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Moore pp. A12 - A13 figs. Plate 1, figure 24 |
| 1983 | Acila (Truncacila) empirensis Moore p. A12 figs. Plate 1, figure 26 |
| 2000 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Coan et al. p. 74 |
| 2010 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Huber p. 89 |
| 2012 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 34 |
| 2021 | Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hendy |
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Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 [divaricate nutclam]
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Invalid names: Acila (Truncacila) beringiana Slodkevisch 1967 [synonym], Acila empirensis Howe 1922 [synonym], Nucula lyalli Baird 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (66 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian - Tortonian | Russian Federation | Acila beringiana (50048) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Alaska) | Acila empirensis (37387 37401 37407 37411 37414) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (220197) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Acila empirensis (57688 57689) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (37551) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (97208 97230 97231 220200) Nucula castrensis (96902 208580) | |
| Zanclean | Mexico (Baja California) | Acila castrensis (154115) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (214259 214264) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (238435 238436 238437 238456 238458 238613) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | Acila castrensis (97077) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (122752) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (238614) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (189767 189768 214277) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (231899) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (202634 202635 202636 202638 202639 202640 202644 202646 202647 202648 203095 203108 223301 223325 223327 223328 223525) Nucula castrensis (96894 138723 222663 222664 222665 222666 222976 222978 222979 222992 222993 222995 222998) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (222646 222954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acila castrensis (222674 222955) |