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Leda sulcellata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nucula sulcellata was named by Wissmann (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Leda sulcellata by Laube (1865), Bittner (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. africae, L. angulatostriata, L. angulatostriata, L. argoviensis, L. attenuata, L. australis, L. australis, L. basilissa, L. bicuspidata, L. bonelli, L. chahalisensis, L. coelatella, L. conica, L. curta, L. degeeri, L. diana, L. dilatata, L. diphya, L. dodona, L. flexuosa, L. fragilis, L. hamlinensis, L. huttoni, L. lebescontei, L. leiorhyncha, L. leptalea, L. liciata, L. limulata, L. linifera, L. mariae, L. meekana, L. megumaensis, L. milamensis, L. minima, L. minuta, L. nuda, L. oblongoides, L. oscheneri, L. oschneri, L. oschsneri, L. ovoides, L. percaudata, L. phacoides, L. polychoa, L. polychoa, L. prolongata, L. proteracuta, L. pulchra, L. robsoni, L. rowleyi, L. saffordana, L. seeleyi, L. stilla, L. striata, L. tenuisulcata, L. trochila, L. trochilia, L. trochilia, L. trochilia, L. concava, L. fulgida, L. bonellii, L. swiftiana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Nucula sulcellata Wissmann p. 85 figs. Pl 8, fig 15
1865	Leda sulcellata Laube p. 68 figs. Pl 19, fig 5
1895	Leda sulcellata Bittner

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
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
genus	Leda	Link 1807
species	sulcellata	()

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.

†Leda sulcellata Wissmann 1841

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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:

2007-07-27 04:12:34

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:18

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Alaunian or 241.46400 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Peru	Leda sulcellata (206475)
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy	Leda sulcellata (38164) Nucula sulcellata (type locality: 137429)
Lacian - Alaunian	227.3 - 211.18	Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray)	Leda sulcellata (97821 97824)