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Praenucula costae

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula costae was named by Sharpe (1853).

It was recombined as Praeleda costae by Bradshaw (1970); it was recombined as Praenucula costae by Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. dispar, P. dispersa, P. infirma, P. lavata, P. levata, P. plicata, P. praetermissa, P. thracoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Nucula costae Sharpe p. 149 figs. pl. 9 f. 4
1970Praeleda costae Bradshaw p. 630 figs. txt. f. 7-10
1991Praenucula costae Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco pp. 114 - 115 figs. pl. 1 f. 5-9

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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)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusPraenuculaPfab 1934
speciescostae(Sharpe 1853)

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.

†Praenucula costae Sharpe 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:44:27
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:44:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Llandeilo to the top of the Dobrotivian or 461.10000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Guadalajara) Praenucula costae (20914)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Spain Praenucula costae (20919)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Ciudad Real) Praenucula costae (174660)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cáceres) Praenucula costae (174658)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Guadalajara) Praenucula costae (194899 194900)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal Praeleda costae (193319 193320 193328)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) Praenucula costae (20891)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1Morocco (Maïder) Praenucula costae (20970)