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Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni was named by Morris and Lycett (1853).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Nucula anodontoides, Nucula subventricosa, Nucula blanfordi, Nucula eudorae, Nucula kaoraensis, Nucula khoraensis, N. anadontoides, N. gibbosa, N. gibbosa, N. hians, N. laevirostris, N. levatiformis, N. muddlesensis, N. piedmontia, N. pulchra, N. subrotunda, N. wewoka, N. wymensis, N. camachoi, N. expansa, N. ishidoensis, N. montanensis, Palaeonucula agrawali, Palaeonucula bellozanensis, Palaeonucula blanfordi, Palaeonucula calliope, Palaeonucula caranthana, Palaeonucula cuevitana, Palaeonucula cuneiformis, Palaeonucula elliptica, Palaeonucula etheridgei, Palaeonucula excavata, Palaeonucula expansa, Palaeonucula glanstriticea, Palaeonucula goldfussi, Palaeonucula isfjordica, Palaeonucula ishidoensis, Palaeonucula kaoraensis, Palaeonucula makitoensis, Palaeonucula matanii, Palaeonucula menkei, Palaeonucula menkii, Palaeonucula merkii, Palaeonucula monnandi, Palaeonucula ornati, Palaeonucula oxfordiana, Palaeonucula rodei, Palaeonucula saigonensis, Palaeonucula stoliczkai, Palaeonucula strigillata, Palaeonucula sundaica, Palaeonucula ungulella, Palaeonucula ungullela, Palaeonucula variabilis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1853	Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni Morris and Lycett

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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	Nuculopsis	Quenstedt 1930
subgenus	Palaeonucula
species	waltoni	Morris and Lycett 1853

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.

†Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni Morris and Lycett 1853

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Nucula waltoni (204059)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Nuculopsis waltoni (96160)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Nuculopsis waltoni (96162 96174 96178)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Nuculopsis waltoni (96146)