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Nucula (Pronucula) similis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula similis was named by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Pronucula) similis by Le Renard (1986).

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. pectinata, 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, Nuculana smithvillensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Nucula similis Cossmann and Pissarro
1986	Nucula (Pronucula) similis Le Renard

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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	Pronucula	(Hedley 1902)
species	similis	(Cossmann and Pissarro 1904)

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 (Pronucula) similis Cossmann and Pissarro 1904

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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: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Nucula similis (40523 42648)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Nucula similis (39695 39696 42585 42586) Nucula simils (42584)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Burgas)	Nucula similis (102230)