Taxon profile

genus

Nuculana Link, 1807

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Nuculanida » family Nuculanidae

Scientific synonyms

incl. Politoleda Hertlein & Strong, 1940
Costelloleda Hertlein & Strong, 1940
Eptoleda Iredale, 1939
Exocholeda Iredale, 1939
Exocoleda Iredale, 1939
Kamaleda Iredale, 1939
Laeda Sowerby II, 1871
Leda Schumacher, 1817
Leda (Leda) Schumacher, 1817
Ledaspina Marwick, 1931

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Description

Shell equivalve, usually rather thick. Posterior end strongly rostrate. Sculpture commarginal. Umbones small, opisthogyrate. Escutcheon well developed. Ligament short, in small, oblique resilifer.
A widely distributed genus represented in virtually all soft marine sediments and known from as early as the Triassic. Approximately 80 species are assigned to numerous subgenera, many of doubtful validity. The name is from the Latin diminutive nucula, a small nut, and is feminine. Three subgenera are recognized in the northeastern Pacific.

Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 84

species Nuculana acinacea T. Habe, 1954

species Nuculana amblia W. H. Dall, 1905

species Nuculana anakena Raines & Huber, 2012

species Nuculana arai T. Habe, 1958

species Nuculana bernardi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1879

species Nuculana bipennis (W. H. Dall, 1927)

species Nuculana bushiana (Verrill, 1884)

species Nuculana callimene (W. H. Dall, 1908)

species Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801)

species Nuculana concentrica (T. Say, 1824)

species Nuculana cordyla (W. H. Dall, 1908)

species Nuculana cornidei C. Altimira, 1974

species Nuculana costellata Sowerby, 1833

species Nuculana cuspidata A. A. Gould, 1861

species Nuculana dalli C. F. Krauss, 1885

species Nuculana dasea (Hedley, 1914)

species Nuculana dohrni (Hanley, 1861)

species Nuculana egregia (R.J.L. Guppy, 1882)

species Nuculana elaborata B. Prashad, 1932

species Nuculana ensiformis O.A. Scarlato, 1981

species Nuculana fastidiosa (A. Adams, 1856)

species Nuculana fiascona W. H. Dall, 1916

species Nuculana forticostata F.S. Xu, 1991

species Nuculana fossa W. Baird, 1863 ^inq.

species Nuculana fulgida (A. Adams, 1856)

species Nuculana fumosa E.A. Smith, 1895

species Nuculana hamata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)

species Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)

species Nuculana husamaru Nomura, 1940

species Nuculana illepida T. Iredale, 1929

species Nuculana inaequisculpta (É. Lamy, 1906)

species Nuculana investigator (Dell, 1952)

species Nuculana jovis (K.H.J. Thiele & S.G.A. Jaeckel, 1931)

species Nuculana kiiensis E. Tsuchida & T.A. Okutani, 1985

species Nuculana kirai T. Habe, 1951

species Nuculana lanceta (P.H. Boshoff, 1968)

species Nuculana leonina (W. H. Dall, 1896)

species Nuculana liogona W. H. Dall, 1916

species Nuculana lobula (W. H. Dall, 1908)

species Nuculana mabillei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)

species Nuculana marella (L.G. Hertlein, G.D. Hanna & A.M. Strong, 1940)

species Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)

species Nuculana modica B. Prashad, 1932

species Nuculana navisa (W. H. Dall, 1916)

species Nuculana neaeriformis (Smith, 1885)

species Nuculana neimanae O.A. Scarlato, 1981

species Nuculana oculata Iredale, 1925

species Nuculana onoyamai Otuka, 1935

species Nuculana orixa W. H. Dall, 1927

species Nuculana ornata d'Orbigny, 1845

species Nuculana oxia W. H. Dall, 1916

species Nuculana parsimonia K.H. Barnard, 1963

species Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)

species Nuculana phenaxia W. H. Dall, 1916

species Nuculana polita Sowerby, 1833

species Nuculana profundorum Smith, 1885

species Nuculana prostrata (K.H.J. Thiele & S.G.A. Jaeckel, 1931)

species Nuculana pustulosa J. G. Jeffreys, 1876

species Nuculana quadangularis W. H. Dall, 1881

species Nuculana radiata C. F. Krauss, 1885 ^inq.

species Nuculana ramsayi (Smith, 1885)

species Nuculana reticulata (R.B. Hinds, 1843)

species Nuculana rostrata Chemnitz, 1774

species Nuculana sachalinica Scarlato, 1981

species Nuculana sadoensis Habe, 1961

species Nuculana scalata B. Prashad, 1932

species Nuculana silicula (K.H.J. Thiele & S.G.A. Jaeckel, 1931)

species Nuculana sinensis Xu, 1984

species Nuculana solida (W.H. Dall, 1881)

species Nuculana soyoae T. Habe, 1958

species Nuculana spargana W. H. Dall, 1916

species Nuculana sufficientia G.T. Poppe & S.P. Tagaro, 2016

species Nuculana tamara Gorbunov, 1946

species Nuculana tanseimaruae E. Tsuchida & T.A. Okutani, 1985

species Nuculana tenuisulcata (Couthouy, 1838)

species Nuculana vestita (É.A.A. Locard, 1898)

species Nuculana yokoyamai T. Kuroda, 1920

species Nuculana zealedaformis Dell, 1953

Fossil taxa

species Nuculana acutilineata Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018 ^†

species Nuculana alferovi Slodkewitsch, 1938 ^†

species Nuculana martini Finlay, 1927 ^†

species Nuculana semicrenulata (Trechmann, 1918) ^†

species Nuculana vexillata Marwick, 1953 ^†

species Nuculana willetti Marwick, 1953 ^†

Links and literature

Australian Faunal Directory [05c20e8b-b6cf-4b3d-8ad4-e43f8d5769e5]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Nuculana Link, 1807]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [09c7b4a5-0be8-442b-a1c2-c9c3933c9bc7]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Exocholeda Iredale, 1939]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1106759]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Nuculana Link, 1807]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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