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Nucleospira cunctata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae

Taxonomy
Nucleospira cunctata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152453z, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Nucleospira cunctata Cooper and Grant p. 2169 figs. Pl 651, figs 45-72
1986Nucleospira cunctata Grunt figs. Pl 17, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyNucleospiridaeDavidson 1881
genusNucleospiraHall 1859
speciescunctata

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.

Nucleospira cunctata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height342.150.7004.902.401.17

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 08:58:01
Modified: 2009-06-03 10:58:01
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Nucleospira cunctata (type locality: 43589)