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Palaeonucula navis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula navis was named by Piette (1868).

It was recombined as Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis by Melville (1956); it was recombined as Palaeonucula navis by Chen (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Nucula navis Piette p. 90 figs. Pl 10, figs 8-10
1956Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis Melville
1982Palaeonucula navis Chen p. 405 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusPalaeonuculaQuenstedt 1930
speciesnavis(Piette 1868)

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.

†Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868
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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: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 201.40000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5China (Guangdong) Palaeonucula navis (150406)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Palaeonucula navis (78503 78504)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Palaeonucula navis (78500)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nucula navis (204130 204131)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nucula navis (204147 204149 204150 204151 204152)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nucula navis (204128 204129)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Nucula navis (204124 204125)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Palaeonucula navis (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Palaeonucula navis (213673 213677 213678 213679 213680 213681 213682 213683 213684 213686 213690 213691 213694 213696 213894)