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Praenucula applanans
Taxonomy
Nucula applanans was named by Barrande (1881). Its type specimen is NM L 27163 (Internal mould of the shell with conjoined valves) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osek, which is in a Sarka offshore shale in the Sarka Formation of the Czech Republic.
It was recombined as Ctenodonta applanans by Pfab (1934); it was recombined as Praenucula applanans by Polechová (2013).
It was recombined as Ctenodonta applanans by Pfab (1934); it was recombined as Praenucula applanans by Polechová (2013).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1881 | Nucula applanans Barrande figs. pl. 272 f. III/1–12. |
1934 | Ctenodonta applanans Pfab p. 222 figs. pl. 2 (3) f. 1–3 |
1991 | Praenucula sharpei Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco pp. 115 - 116 figs. pl. 2 f. 1–6 |
2013 | Praenucula applanans Polechová pp. 433 - 436 figs. 4A–R, 5C |
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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.
†Praenucula applanans Barrande 1881
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Invalid names: Praenucula sharpei Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C Babin and J C Gutiérrez-Marco 1991 (Praenucula sharpei) | Small species of Praenucula, convex and high, with few teeth distributed almost equally between the two parts of the hinge plate. Adductor muscle scars not very extended and badly impressed. | |
M. Polechová 2013 | Praenucula with slightly larger posterior part of the shell, umbo almost in the middle of the shell, slightly prosogyrate, orthomorphodont teeth in the posterior part. |