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Praenucula albertina

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodonta albertina was named by Ulrich (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: Silurian; North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Praenucula albertina by Harrison and Harrison (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ctenodonta albertina Ulrich p. 598 figs. pl. 42, fig. 76-82
1960Ctenodonta albertina Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 85
1975Praenucula albertina Harrison and Harrison p. 210

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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)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusPraenuculaPfab 1934
speciesalbertina(Ulrich 1894)

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 albertina Ulrich 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:44:27
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:44:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Maysvillian or 453.80000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Ctenodonta albertina (26271)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Ctenodonta albertina (5396)