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Nucula (Lamellinucula)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Lamellinucula was named by Schenck (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914. Subgenus of Nucula [Coan et al. 2000]]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nucula (Lamellinucula) by Eames (1951), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Zinsmeister (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2020).

It was assigned to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980) and Spencer et al. (2004); and to Nucula by Eames (1951), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Zinsmeister (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2020).

Subtaxa
Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis (syn. Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae, Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii), Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta (syn. Nucula cilleborgensis, Nucula praemissa), Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua (syn. Nucula suprastriata, Nucula paytensis), Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) sculpturata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) trigonica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Nucula angusta, Nucula aptera, Nucula calliope, Nucula cipleyensis, Nucula ciplyensis, Nucula cochlear, Nucula dasa, Nucula defuniak, Nucula dixoni, Nucula eudorae, Nucula fritschi, Nucula guillermensis, Nucula indica, Nucula mametschinskensis, Nucula meadinga, Nucula microconcentrica, Nucula otamatea, Nucula percrassa, Nucula planata, Nucula potomacensis, Nucula praelongata, Nucula pulchra, Nucula rivulana, Nucula sagittata, Nucula silicea, Nucula stachei, Nucula subtrigona, Nucula waiaotea, Nucula waiotea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Lamellinucula Schenck
1951Nucula (Lamellinucula) Eames p. 317
1972Nucula (Lamellinucula) Hertlein and Grant p. 146
1980Lamellinucula Vokes p. 2
1983Nucula (Lamellinucula) Moore p. A8
1983Nucula (Lamellinucula) Zinsmeister p. 1824
2000Nucula (Lamellinucula) Coan et al. p. 74
2001Nucula (Lamellinucula) Todd
2002Lamellinucula Sepkoski
2004Lamellinucula Spencer et al.
2010Nucula (Lamellinucula) Huber p. 85
2012Nucula (Lamellinucula) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 43
2020Nucula (Lamellinucula) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
subgenusLamellinucula(Schenck 1944)

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. Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck 1944
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Invalid names: Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae Bernard 1983 [synonym], Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii Bernard 1983 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn 1907 [synonym], Nucula praemissa Semper 1861 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Nucula paytensis Adams 1856 [synonym], Nucula suprastriata Arnold 1903 [synonym]
†Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi Zinsmeister 1983
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: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan (Ibaraki) Nucula nakaminatoensis (40235)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Lamellinucula sinuatella (22931 26891)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Lamellinucula sinuatella (27625)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nucula mametschinskensis (50177)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Nucula kennedyi (205554)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Lamellinucula nystana (8124) Nucula minor (8047)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Nucula minor (3494)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Saga) Nucula mazena (204551)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Nucula comta (8338)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Lamellinucula reticularis (48068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) Nucula comta (9170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Nucula compta (111472 111474 111475)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Nucula comta (9176)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Nucula jeffreysi (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Lamellinucula crassirugata (71404) Lamellinucula lunulae (71539) Lamellinucula reticularis (71542)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Nucula n. sp. (72084)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Lamellinucula sp. (44960)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Lamellinucula hokoensis (219252)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Nucula jeffreysi (186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Nucula comta (62889) Nucula jeffreysi (61896 61897 61898 61900 61905)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Nucula sulcata (60288 60313)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (77858 77860)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Nucula jeffreysi (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Nucula georgiana (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (77862 77863 77864 77865 77866 77867 77868 77869)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Nucula sp. (136104)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Nucula baccata (60405 60406)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Nucula baccata (60410 60412 60414 60415 60416 60417 60647)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Nucula sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Nucula iphigenia (66790 66792 66795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Nucula jeffreysi (76982)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (51880)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Nucula sp. (79798 79800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Nucula sp. (61336 61337 79794 79989 79999 135876 135885)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (51878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Nucula exigua (48664 48665)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Nucula sulcata (77008)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Nucula sp. (79835 79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nucula suprastriata (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucula suprastriata (222954)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Costa Rica Nucula iphigenia (66797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucula carlottensis (200653) Nucula exigua (59063 96589 96895 96930 96935 96936 160361 203417 219029 219030) Nucula suprastriata (96566 222660 222661 222950 222969 223010 223011 223072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Nucula semiornata (195917 195928 195933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Nucula semiornata (72116 72120 72121 72122 72123)