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Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula tenuisculpta was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 2656, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta by Woodring (1973).

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
1873	Nucula tenuisculpta Gabb p. 255
1917	Nucula tenuisculpta Maury p. 325
1922	Nucula tenuisculpta Olsson p. 172
1973	Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta Woodring p. 488

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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	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
species	tenuisculpta	(Gabb 1873)

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 (Nucula) tenuisculpta Gabb 1873

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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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Nucula tenuisculpta (58817)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Nucula tenuisculpta (145343 145344)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Nucula tenuisculpta (58875)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Nucula tenuisculpta (134657)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Mexico (Veracruz)	Nucula tenuisculpta (134768 134769)