Nuculanidae

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.

Nuculanidae

Georges Jansoone ( JoJan ) · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
pointed nut clamPBDB
Sits inside
NuculanoideaPBDB
Diet
deposit feeder, suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanicPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 467 million years on record.

The record covers at least 468 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 477.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 23 of 4447 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 16 of 4447 occurrencesDevonian — about 43 of 4447 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 56 of 4447 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 85 of 4447 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 20 of 4447 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 41 of 4447 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 178 of 4447 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 177 of 4447 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 275 of 4447 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 102 of 4447 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 118 of 4447 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 679 of 4447 occurrencesPaleocene — about 495 of 4447 occurrencesEocene — about 897 of 4447 occurrencesOligocene — about 176 of 4447 occurrencesMiocene — about 509 of 4447 occurrencesPliocene — about 276 of 4447 occurrencesPleistocene — about 236 of 4447 occurrences487–470 Mya — about 2 occurrences470–454 Mya — about 5 occurrences454–438 Mya — about 20 occurrences438–422 Mya — about 11 occurrences422–406 Mya — about 14 occurrences406–389 Mya — about 15 occurrences389–373 Mya — about 8 occurrences373–357 Mya — about 8 occurrences357–341 Mya — about 5 occurrences341–324 Mya — about 16 occurrences324–308 Mya — about 10 occurrences308–292 Mya — about 24 occurrences292–276 Mya — about 15 occurrences276–260 Mya — about 42 occurrences260–243 Mya — about 66 occurrences243–227 Mya — about 100 occurrences227–211 Mya — about 30 occurrences211–195 Mya — about 101 occurrences195–178 Mya — about 141 occurrences178–162 Mya — about 246 occurrences162–146 Mya — about 120 occurrences146–130 Mya — about 38 occurrences130–114 Mya — about 44 occurrences114–97 Mya — about 73 occurrences97–81 Mya — about 114 occurrences81–65 Mya — about 624 occurrences65–49 Mya — about 622 occurrences49–32 Mya — about 712 occurrences32–16 Mya — about 322 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 898 occurrences468 Mya11.7 ka487 Mya0 Mya

4,447 occurrences of Nuculanidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4,447 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

688 formations

Chari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ECook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.15°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 32.52°N, 93.73°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.53°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.38°WCook Mountain — 31.32°N, 95.46°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 96.14°WCook Mountain — 31.93°N, 92.64°WCook Mountain — 31.43°N, 93.85°WCook Mountain — 29.13°N, 98.16°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 31.46°N, 85.64°WCook Mountain — 30.18°N, 96.94°WCook Mountain — 32.52°N, 92.64°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 30.67°N, 96.37°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 31.22°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WCook Mountain — 29.99°N, 97.09°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.51°N, 87.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 33.86°N, 92.29°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 30.00°N, 97.60°WKincaid — 31.12°N, 96.80°WKincaid — 30.08°N, 97.50°WKincaid — 32.98°N, 95.93°WKincaid — 29.88°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 33.13°N, 96.10°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.30°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 99.14°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.75°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.44°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.57°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.82°N, 87.37°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.32°N, 86.00°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.61°N, 85.05°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.29°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WReklaw — 30.88°N, 95.38°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 31.85°N, 94.98°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WReklaw — 32.87°N, 93.99°WReklaw — 31.86°N, 94.94°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WNanjemoy — 38.40°N, 76.99°WNanjemoy — 38.70°N, 76.97°WNanjemoy — 38.46°N, 77.03°WNanjemoy — 38.78°N, 76.87°WNanjemoy — 38.82°N, 76.75°WNanjemoy — 37.65°N, 77.17°WNanjemoy — 37.29°N, 77.24°WNanjemoy — 38.17°N, 77.19°WNanjemoy — 37.77°N, 77.37°WNanjemoy — 37.32°N, 77.28°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.98°WLefipán — 42.69°S, 69.84°WCorsicana — 31.17°N, 96.54°WCorsicana — 31.13°N, 96.82°WLuning — 38.87°N, 117.62°WStone City — 30.53°N, 96.69°WStone City — 30.63°N, 96.54°WMishash — 30.17°N, 35.00°ECareaga Sandstone — 34.83°N, 120.38°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.86°N, 120.46°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WMcBean — 33.32°N, 81.64°WMcBean — 33.50°N, 80.89°WMcBean — 33.60°N, 80.65°WMcBean — 33.56°N, 80.09°WMcBean — 31.60°N, 85.03°WMcBean — 33.67°N, 80.78°WMcBean — 33.50°N, 81.28°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.82°WWeches — 31.61°N, 94.64°WWeches — 30.23°N, 97.52°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.78°WPrairie Bluff — 31.95°N, 86.70°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 32.68°N, 83.42°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 32.36°N, 92.98°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.47°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°W

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The named rock units Nuculanidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 664 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 630 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nuculanidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Nuculanidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,240 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,458 sites for Nuculanidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

703 references

Each of the 4,447 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 691 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Nuculanidae

Credit
Georges Jansoone ( JoJan )
Licence
CC BY 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Nuculanidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Adams and Adams 1858