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Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica was named by Kurushin (1985). Its type specimen is IGiG 753/514 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsvetkov Cape, outcrop 1, layer 18, eastern Taimyr, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1985	Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica Kurushin p. 49 figs. Pl 7, figs 7-10

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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	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
subfamily	Nuculaninae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Nuculana	Bellardi 1875
subgenus	Jupiteria
species	asiatica

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.

†Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica Kurushin 1985

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	5.33	4.70	5.70	5.65	0.563
valve height	1	4.40	-	-	-	-

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 mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:23:07

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:23:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Illyrian or 248.10000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation	Nuculana asiatica (135853 type locality: 135909 135958)
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	Russian Federation	Nuculana asiatica (135852)