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Nucinella ovalis

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Taxonomy
Pleurodon ovalis was named by Wood (1840). It is the type species of Nucinella.

It was recombined as Nucinella ovalis by Wood (1851).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pleurodon ovalis Wood
1851Nucinella ovalis Wood

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilyManzanelloideaChronic 1952
familyNucinellidaeVokes 1956
genusNucinella
speciesovalis(Wood 1840)

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.

Nucinella ovalis Wood 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:10:16
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:12:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Nucinella ovalis (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Nucinella ovalis (76982)