PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy

Cucullaea zealandica was named by Woods (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Cretaceous; New Zealand.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is O32/f8025 [Okarahia Sandstone], which is in a Piripauan coastal sandstone in the Okarahia Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica by Stilwell (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acuticarinata, C. australis, C. ceres, C. clathrata, C. contracta, C. egertonianus, C. favrei, C. gabrielis, C. jaworskii, C. kipandeensis, C. mailleana, C. matheroniana, C. minchiahamplonensis, C. ornata, C. rothi, C. royei, C. sheikhfadli, C. texta, C. vulgaris, C. wadei, C. waihaoensis, C. woodsi, C. coxi, C. fuegunensis, C. aalensis, C. powersi, C. rothi, C. waihaoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Cucullaea zealandica Woods p. 20 figs. pl. 6, figs. 7a-b
1998	Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Stilwell p. 33

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cucullaeidae	Stewart 1930
genus	Cucullaea	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Cucullastis	Finlay and Marwick 1937
species	zealandica	(Woods 1917)

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.

†Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Woods 1917

show all | hide all

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2004-02-29 15:53:52

Modified:

2004-02-29 17:53:52

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Piripauan or 83.60000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piripauan	85.8 - 83.5	New Zealand	Cucullaea zealandica (78364 78367 78369 78371 78372 78374 78386 78400 83516 83519 83521 83524 type locality: 83525)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	New Zealand	Cucullaea zealandica (63091 63094)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (Chatham Islands)	Cucullaea zealandica (3640 3641)