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Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula carlottensis was named by Dall (1897) [DISTRIBUTION: British Columbia-Guerrero, Mexico]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis by Coan et al. (2000) and Huber (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. percrassa, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae

Synonyms

Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae was named by Bernard (1983) [Synonym of N. (L.) carlottensis Dall 1897 [Coan et al. 2000] ]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis by Coan et al. (2000).
Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii was named by Bernard (1983) [Synonym of N. (L.) carlottensis Dall 1897 [Coan et al. 2000]]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Nucula carlottensis Dall
1924	Nucula charlottensis Dall
1983	Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae Bernard p. 253
1983	Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii Bernard p. 255
2000	Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis Coan et al. p. 74
2010	Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis Huber p. 86

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
subgenus	Lamellinucula	(Schenck 1944)
species	carlottensis	(Dall 1897)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis Dall 1897

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Invalid names: Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae Bernard 1983 [synonym], Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii Bernard 1983 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

deposit feederf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2008-11-15 10:09:53

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:53

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Nucula carlottensis (200653)