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Nuculites planulatus

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy

Nuculites planulatus was named by Conrad (1841).

It was recombined as Cleidophorus planulatus by Hall (1847); it was recombined as Nuculites (Cleidophorus) planulatus by Pojeta (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. abbreviatus, N. acuminatus, N. africana, N. antiqua, N. antiquaas, N. antiquas, N. antiquus, N. argentinium, N. argentinum, N. brasiliensis, N. capensis, N. cawdori, N. caweri, N. colonicus, N. cuneiformis, N. cylindricus, N. ellipticus, N. frigidus, N. kimurai, N. lamellata, N. maccoyianus, N. nyassa, N. nyssa, N. obtusus, N. opisthoxystomus, N. ovalis, N. ovata, N. pacatus, N. posthumus, N. postvolutus, N. praevolutus, N. primus, N. scitulus, N. sharpei, N. solida, N. tortus, N. triqueter, N. triquiter, N. truncatus, N. unisulcus, N. vaissierei, N. vaissieri, N. antiquus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Nuculites planulatus Conrad
1847	Cleidophorus planulatus Hall p. 300 figs. pl. 82, figs. 9a-e
1881	Nuculites planulatus Barrande pp. 418 - 429 fig. 6A–I
1971	Nuculites (Cleidophorus) planulatus Pojeta figs. pl. 6, figs. 1, 2
1975	Nuculites planulatus Toni p. 139 figs. 2D-E

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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	Malletioidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Cucullellidae	Fischer 1886
subfamily	Cucullellinae	Fischer 1886
genus	Nuculites
species	planulatus

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.

†Nuculites planulatus Conrad 1841

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-05 12:33:00

Modified:

2009-06-05 14:33:10

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Actonian to the top of the Hirnantian or 454.00000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Actonian	454.0 - 453.0	United Kingdom (Wales)	Nuculites planulatus (76475)
Onnian	453.0 - 449.5	United Kingdom (Wales)	Nuculites planulatus (76476)
Edenian	451.0 - 450.2	USA (Pennsylvania)	Cleidophorus planulatus (34895)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	Canada (Ontario)	Cleidophorus planulatus (26302)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Norway	Nuculites planulatus (164700)
Hirnantian	445.2 - 443.1	Czechia (Praha)	Nuculites planulatus (149320)