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Nuculana
Nuculana acuta
Nuculana acuta
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Nuculanida
Family:
Nuculanidae
Genus:
Nuculana
Species:
Nuculana acuta
(Conrad, 1831)
Common Name: Pointed nut clam
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Geological Range
Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to Virginia.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Late Pleistocene
Acredale Formation (VA)
Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
Flanner Beach Formation (NC)
Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
Neuse Formation (NC)
Norfolk Formation (VA)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Canepatch Formation (SC)
Early Pleistocene
Bear Bluff Formation (SC)
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Chowan River Formation (NC, VA)
James City Formation (NC)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (NC)
Late Pliocene
Croatan Formation (Lower) (NC)
Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (SC, NC)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (Lower) (NC)
Yorktown Formation (NC, VA)
Yorktown Formation (Sunken Meadow Member) (VA)
Early Pliocene
Goose Creek Limestone (SC)
Middle Miocene
Pungo River Formation (NC)
St. Marys Formation (VA) (Age not resolved beyond "Miocene")
Early Miocene
Chipola Formation (N. FL)
Nuculana acuta
from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70398).
Nuculana acuta
from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70436).