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Nucinella giribeti

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Taxonomy
Nucinella giribeti was named by Glover and Taylor (2013). Its type specimen is MNHN 26701, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tagbilaran-Panglao channel, which is in a Holocene coastal sandstone in the Philippines.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. birkelundi, N. birtulundi, N. gigantea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Nucinella giribeti Glover and Taylor p. 102 figs. Figures 6–17

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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
speciesgiribeti

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 giribeti Glover and Taylor 2013
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Philippines (Panglao Island) Nucinella giribeti (type locality: 205350)