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Nuculanidae

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Description

Nuculanidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Nuculanida. Species in this family are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuculanidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3475	https://www.gbif.org/species/3475
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61453	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61453

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858

Common Name

pointed nut clam

Scientific Name

Nuculanidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculacea	stated with evidence	Adams and Adams, 1858
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculacea	stated without evidence	Gardner, 1945
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculoida	stated without evidence	Givens and Kennedy, 1976
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanacea	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanacea	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1987
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculoida	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated without evidence	Fang, 2006
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculoida	stated without evidence	El Qot, 2006
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated with evidence	Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2008
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Nuculanidae	family	belongs to Nuculanoidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

450

Extant Size (PBDB)

85 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, suspension feeder

Ontogeny

accretion

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Common Name(s)

Pointed Nut Clam, Schwanenhals-nussmuscheln, Schwanenhalsmuscheln, Elongate Nut Clams, Snavelneuten, Swan-neck Nut Clams, Swanneck Shells, Tandmusslor, ロウバイガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuculanidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Poroledidae family	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Nuculaninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		260	306 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Acilana ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Acutispinula genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Australoportlandia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Bathyspinula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Calorhadia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		171	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Clidophorus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Comitileda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Dacromya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	254 Ma Permian	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Eleganuculana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ezonuculana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Girtyana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Glyptoleda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hilgardia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Indonuculana ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Jupiteria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		135	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Lamellileda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ledella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ledellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lembulus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Litorhadia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		149	61.6 Ma Paleocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Meganuculana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesosaccella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		259	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Multidentata ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nuculana genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Nuculana genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2,057	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Nucundata genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoyoldia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		75	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Paleyoldia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		65	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	265 Ma Permian
Parayoldiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Phestia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		247	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Phestioidea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Polidevcia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		223	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Politoleda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Poroleda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Portlandella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeportlandia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Propeleda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudoportlandia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	43.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Qiongzhounia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Robaia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ryderia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Saccella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		542	303 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Scissuladrana genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Spineilo ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Veteranella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		60	290 Ma Permian	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Xiaoshuiculana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Xiaoshuiculana ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Calliocardia catharia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Yoldie indolens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Poroledidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Poroledidae
Zealedidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Zealedidae
Ledidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Ledidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Ledidae Adams and Adams
1858	Nuculanidae Adams and Adams
1904	Ledidae Glenn p. 395
1916	Ledidae Raymond
1923	Ledidae Clark and Arnold p. 137
1931	Ledidae Olsson p. 36
1938	Nuculanidae Turner p. 41
1945	Nuculanidae Gardner
1958	Nuculanidae DuBar p. 153
1965	Nuculanidae Newell p. 16
1976	Nuculanidae Givens and Kennedy p. 973
1980	Nuculanidae Vokes p. 5
1982	Ledellinae Allen and Sanders
1982	Nuculanidae Dockery p. 28
1983	Veteranellinae Chen et al.
1984	Nuculanidae Squires p. 41
1987	Nuculanidae Squires p. 54
1987	Nuculanidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 129

Year	Name and Author
1992	Nuculanidae Maxwell p. 56
1992	Nuculanidae Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 48
1999	Nuculanidae Squires p. 23
2000	Ledellinae Coan et al. pp. 82, 94
2000	Nuculanidae Coan et al. pp. 82, 83
2001	Nuculanidae Todd
2004	Nuculanidae Fang and Cope
2004	Nuculanidae Spencer et al.
2004	Nuculanidae Stilwell et al. p. 17
2006	Nuculanidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2006	Nuculanidae El Qot p. 17
2006	Nuculanidae Fang
2008	Nuculanidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2009	Nuculanidae Nevesskaja
2010	Nuculanidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Nuculanidae Carter et al. p. 6
2012	Nuculanidae Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 57
2014	Nuculanidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Raymond P. E. (1916) The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328, 325-343

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Gardner J. (1945) Mollusca of the Tertiary formations of Northeastern Mexico, Geological Society of American Memoir 11

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Givens C. R., Kennedy M. P. (1976) Middle Eocene mollusks from northern San Diego County, California, Journal of Paleontology 50 5, 954-975

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Chen J. H., Liu L., et al (1983) Veteranellinae, a new subfamily of Nuculanidae (Bivalvia), with the classificatory significance of ornamentations in Palaeotaxodonta, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22, 616-627

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Maxwell P. A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65, 1-280

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

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El Qot G. M. (2006) Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt, Beringeria 36, 3-163

Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328

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