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Nuculavus terminalis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Palaeonucula terminalis was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27022/1:1, a valve (Right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

It was recombined as Nuculavus terminalis by Clapham (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Palaeonucula terminalis Chronic p. 159
1953Palaeonucula terminalis Chronic p. 151 figs. Pl 33, figs 4a-7
2015Nuculavus terminalis Clapham

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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)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculavusTschernyschev 1943
speciesterminalis()

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.

†Nuculavus terminalis Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height43.992.306.904.452.46

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 Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Palaeonucula terminalis (type locality: 41356)