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Nuculoidea lirata

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculites lirata was named by Conrad (1842).

It was recombined as Nucula (Nuculoidea) lirata by Shimer and Shrock (1944); it was recombined as Nucula lirata by Ellison (1965); it was recombined as Nuculoidea lirata by Pojeta et al. (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Nuculites lirata Conrad p. 250 figs. pl. 15 f. 7
1944Nucula (Nuculoidea) lirata Shimer and Shrock p. 375 figs. pl. 145, fig. 12
1965Nucula lirata Ellison pp. 119 - 120 figs. PI. 11 fig. 1
1986Nuculoidea lirata Pojeta et al. p. 61 figs. Plate 3, figure 1

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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
genusNuculoideaWilliams and Berger 1916
specieslirata(Conrad 1842)

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.

Nuculoidea lirata Conrad 1842
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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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Givetian or 410.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam Nucula lirata (83291)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Nuculoidea lirata (91239 91240 91244 91247 91248 91249 91250 91279)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Nuculoidea lirata (55088)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Nuculoidea lirata (86255 89652 89657 89660 89661 89663 89880 89883 89886 89889 89899 89901 89923 89927 111331)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Nucula lirata (9888)