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Nucula chargensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula chargensis was named by Quaas (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khargeh Oasis, which is in a Danian/Selandian offshore marl in the Dakhla Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. pectinata, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae, Nuculana smithvillensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1902	Nucula chargensis Oppenheim p. 440
1902	Nucula chargensis Quaas

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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	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
species	chargensis	Quaas 1902

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.

†Nucula chargensis Quaas 1902

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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 Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.66	Egypt (Western Desert)	Nucula chargensis (3131 3132 3133 3142 3146)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.24	Egypt	Nucula chargensis (type locality: 87000)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene	66.0 - 59.24	Egypt (Western Desert)	Nucula chargensis (3135)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Egypt	Nucula chargensis (169302)