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Nuculavus menuda

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculavus menuda was named by Kues (1991). Its type specimen is UNM 10909, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UNM 1320, Tularosa clay pit, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Laborcita Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Nuculavus menuda Kues p. 234 figs. 2.12-2.18

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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
genusNuculavusTschernyschev 1943
speciesmenuda

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.

Nuculavus menuda Kues 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height62.462.202.702.450.207

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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Nuculavus menuda (type locality: 160175)