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Pseudocucullaea lens

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy

Pseudocucullaea lens was named by Solger (1903).

It was recombined as Lopatinia lens by Riedel (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. gregoryi, P. stantoni

Entered

by M. Clapham on 2018-02-20; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-05-10

Synonyms

Pseudocucullaea obliqua was named by Solger (1903).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudocucullaea lens by Reyment (1955), Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).
Pseudocucullaea incisa was named by Solger (1903).

It was recombined as Lopatinia incisa by Riedel (1933); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudocucullaea lens by Reyment (1955), Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Pseudocucullaea lens Solger p. 77 fig. 1,4
1903	Pseudocucullaea obliqua Solger p. 77 fig. 2,5
1903	Pseudocucullaea incisa Solger p. 80 fig. 3,6
1933	Lopatinia lens Riedel p. 38 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-8,10,11; pl 14, figs 3-7; pl 15, figs 1-7; pl 32, figs 8,9
1933	Lopatinia incisa Riedel p. 41 figs. Pl 13, fig 9
1955	Pseudocucullaea lens Reyment p. 131 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3
1957	Pseudocucullaea lens Dartevelle and Freneix p. 39 figs. Pl 4, fig 9; pl 5, figs 1-7; pl 6, figs 1,2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cucullaeidae	Stewart 1930
genus	Pseudocucullaea
species	lens

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.

†Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903

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Invalid names: Pseudocucullaea incisa Solger 1903 [synonym], Pseudocucullaea obliqua Solger 1903 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

semi-infaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2010-02-17 23:12:32

Modified:

2010-02-18 01:12:32

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Peru	Pseudocucullaea lens (62007)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Pseudocucullaea lens (83014)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Gabon	Pseudocucullaea lens (3819)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Cameroon	Lopatinia lens (177976 209666 209668 209672) Lopatinia lens, Lopatinia incisa (209663) Pseudocucullaea lens (209690 209692 209693) Pseudocucullaea lens, Pseudocucullaea obliqua, Pseudocucullaea incisa (209677 209678)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Peru	Pseudocucullaea lens (62013 62016 62017 62019)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Nigeria (Enugu)	Pseudocucullaea lens (90241)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Congo-Kinshasa	Pseudocucullaea lens (3822)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Nigeria	Pseudocucullaea lens (3811)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Congo-Brazzaville	Pseudocucullaea lens (191892)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Cameroon	Lopatinia lens (94776 209676)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Nigeria	Pseudocucullaea lens (1329 1361)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Senegal	Pseudocucullaea lens (1366)