NUCULIDAE J. E. Gray, 1824

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 697-698

Family NUCULIDAE J. E. Gray, 1824

bronnii , Nucula –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 9-11 [in text as figs 9, 10, 12, 15]; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 817-818. — Type locality: Montmirail. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) bronnii Deshayes, 1858 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79).

capillacea , Nucula –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 21- 23; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 823. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Houdan & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) capillacea Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 10; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79).

cordiformis , Nucula – Deshayes, 1839-TraitElem: 21, pl. 33, figs 17-19; 1858-TraitElem: 299. — Type locality: Caen. — Type age: Jurassic (Bajocian). — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

fragilis , Nucula – Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 234, 18, pl. 36, figs 10-12; 1832-EncyMeth: 635; 1835-HistNatAnim-2: 510; 1839-HistNatAnim3: 620;1860-DescrCoqFoss: 821. 1858: 552. — Type localities:Abbecourt & Noailles.— Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) fragilis Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 11; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2007: 29, fig. 3B, 54; Leroy et al. 2014: 27, pl. 7, fig. 1-2).

greppini , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 13-16 [in text as figs 11, 13-14, 16]; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 817, 822-823. — Type localities: Jeurre, Etréchy & Morigny-Champigny. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: Nucula greppini Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 11; Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 446-447, fig. 155: 1-6).

italica , Nucula – Deshayes, 1833b: 109, “pl. 3, figs 4-5”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 109, pl. 23, figs 4-5, both ex Defrance ms. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: taxon inquirendum .

miliaris , Nucula – Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 235, 18, pl. 36, figs 7-9. — Type localities: Mouchy-le-Châtel, Thiverval-Grignon & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type species (M) of Nuculina d’Orbigny, 1844 , non Porro, 1837 [Crustacea], now considered to be a synonym of Nucinella S. V. Wood, 1851 . — Current status:

Nucinella miliaris (Deshayes, 1829) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 30; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 81; Pacaud 2008: 79).

minor , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 17- 20; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 823-824. — Type localities: Le Guépelle, Chéry-Chartreuve, Ver-sur-Launette & Beauval. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian); Damery & Houdan; Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Nucula ( Lamellinucula) minor Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 16; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79).

mixta , Nucula –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 1-4; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 819. — Type localities: Chamery, Damery, Fleury-la-Rivière & Montmirail. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian), Fresnoy-le-Luat (Ducy). — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) mixta Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 12; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79; Courville et al. 2012: 59, pl. 1, fig. 13).

ovata , Nucula –Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 230-231, 18, pl. 36, figs 13-14, non Mantell, 1822, nec Nilsson, 1827; 1832-EncyMeth: 634-635; 1835-HistNatAnim2: 509-510; 1839-HistNatAnim3: 661. — Type localities: Mouchy-le-Châtel & Hautteville-Bocage. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Nucula subtransversa Nyst, 1845a ( Nyst 1845a: 227-228), replacement name. Nucula subovata d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 388, no. 1009), unnecessary additional replacement name. — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) subtransversa Nyst, 1845 (Pacaud 2007: 54).

parisiensis , Nucula – Deshayes, 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 819-820. — Type localities: Parnes, Thiverval-Grignon, Fontenay-Saint-Père, Chaumont-en-Vexin, Gomerfontaine, Mouchy-le-Châtel, Chaussy, Brasles & Hermonville. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). New species based on Nucula margaritacea Bruguière , sensu Lamarck, 1805, partim, non Arca margaritacea Bruguière, 1789 . — Current status: Nucula ( Nucula) parisiensis Deshayes, 1860 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 13; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79).

peregrina , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 305. New species based on figure from Goldfuss (1841: 157-158, pl. 125, fig. 19) of Nucula laevigata J. Sowerby, 1818 . — Type locality: Kleine-Spouwen, Netherlands. — Type age: Oligocene (Chattian). — Current status: Nuculoma peregrina (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965a: 9; R. Janssen 1979: 16-18).

plicatella , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 295-296. Replacement name for Nucula plicata J. Phillips, 1841 ( Phillips 1841: 38-39, 213, pl. 18, fig. 63a-b). non I. Lea , 1833. — Type locality: Baggy Point, North Devon, England. — Type age: Devonian. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

podolica, Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 303. A new species based on a figure from Pusch (1836: 63, pl. 6, fig. 7a-b) of Nucula pectinata J. Sowerby , non J. Sowerby, 1818. — Type locality: Ukraine. — Type age: Jurassic.— Current status: taxon inquirendum.

rothomagensis, Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 303. Replacement name for Nucula obesa d’Orbigny, 1844 (d’Orbigny 1844: 180- 181, pl. 304, figs 10-14), non “Münster”, actually non Goldfuss, 1837. — Type localities: Sainte-Catherine Mountain, Rouen, Seine-Maritime. — Type age: Cretaceous (Turonian). — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

terminalis , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 64, pl. 64, figs 5-8; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 821-822. — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Nucula terminalis Deshayes, 1858 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 79).

triquetra , Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 298. Replacement name for Nucula trigona Münster in Goldfuss, 1837 ( Goldfuss 1837: 155, pl. 125, fig. 5), non J. Sowerby, 1818. — Type localities: Banz & Altdorf, Germany. — Type age: Jurassic. Deminucula seguenzai La Perna, 2007 , additional, unneeded replacement name. Preoccupies Nucula triquetra Ponzi, 1872 . — Current status: Deminucula “ seguenzai ” [sic – triquetra Deshayes ] ( La Perna 2007: 5-7, figs 3d-f, 5a-j), from the early Pleistocene.

zieteni, Nucula – Deshayes, 1858-TraitElem: 298. New species based on Zieten’s (1833: 76, pl. 57, fig. 2a-c, ex Hehl ms) supposed use of Nucula ovalis “Goldfuss ”. However, Zieten published the name before Goldfuss (1837: 154, pl. 125, figs 2-3), so Deshayes merely added a synonym to Zieten’s species. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

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planata , Nucula – Leymerie, 1841: 336, nomen nudum; 1842: 7, 25, pl. 9, figs 3a-b, 4, ex Deshayes ms. — Type localities: Bernon & Rumilly. — Type age: Cretaceous (Hauterivian). Nucula planata Leymerie, 1842 ( Calzada et al. 2013: 32-33, pl. 1, figs 8-9, as “Deshayes”). — Current status: Leionucula planata (Leymerie, 1842) .

simplex , Nucula – Leymerie, 1841: 336, 342, nomen nudum; 1842: 7, 25, pl. 9, fig. 5a-b, ex Deshayes ms. — Type localities: Marolles-sous-Lignières, Jully-sur-Sarce & Rumilly. — Type age: Cretaceous (Hauterivian). Preoccupies Nucula simplex Hedley, 1913 , a synonym of Ennucula strangei (A. Adams, 1856) [ Nucula ]. — Current status: Leionucula simplex (Leymerie, 1842) ( Bogdanova 2000: 34, pl. 1, figs 1-6, as “Deshayes in Leymerie”).