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Leionucula whitfieldi

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli, L. albensis, L. astricta, L. ehrlichi, L. gabbi, L. laevigata, L. palaioanaxea, L. punjabensis, L. rakhiensis, L. superba, Nucula (Leionucula) barrosi, Nucula (Leionucula) birchi, Nucula (Leionucula) grandis, Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni, Nucula (Leionucula) mozambensis, Nucula (Leionucula) nova, Nucula (Leionucula) palmeri, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga (syn. L. poyaensis), Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusLeionuculaQuenstedt 1930
specieswhitfieldi

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 72.10000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Leionucula whitfieldi (6122 6123 6125 6131 6135)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Leionucula whitfieldi (1313)