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Nucella praecingulata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Thais praecingulata was named by Haughton (1932). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nucella praecingulata by Kensley and Pether (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Thais praecingulata Haughton p. 48 figs. pl. 5, figs. 6-10
1986Nucella praecingulata Kensley and Pether p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNucella
speciespraecingulata(Haughton 1932)

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.

Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Western Cape) Nucella praecingulata (118257 118306 118317 118318 118319)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Western Cape) Nucella praecingulata (118308 118311)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia Thais praecingulata (122932)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Thais praecingulata (122933 122939)