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Cucullaea adelaidensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Cucullaea adelaidensis was named by Tate (1886) [TYPE LOCALITY: Adelaide Bore, Kent Town, South Australia (?Pliocene)]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acuticarinata, C. aequata, C. amaxensis, C. andersoni, C. antroea, C. antrosa, C. arctica, C. ardassiensis, C. argentina, C. australis, C. beringensis, C. blanpiedi, C. cancellata, C. capex, C. ceres, C. clathrata, C. compressirostra, C. concamera, C. contracta, C. cornueliana, C. cornuetiana, C. crassatesta, C. deatvillensis, C. decussata, C. depressa, C. dewalquei, C. donaldi, C. egertonianus, C. farrei, C. favrei, C. fibrosa, C. fittoni, C. gabrielis, C. grahamensis, C. gresslyi, C. herculea, C. inaequivalvis, C. irritans, C. jaworskii, C. kaufmanensis, C. kingsensis, C. kipandeensis, C. kraussi, C. leopoliensis, C. macrodonta, C. mailleana, C. martini, C. matheroniana, C. mendozana, C. minchiahamplonensis, C. montensis, C. munsteri, C. murrayi, C. nana, C. neglecta, C. obliquata, C. oblonga, C. orientalis, C. ornata, C. pectunculina, C. powersi, C. praelonga, C. raea, C. recedens, C. reesideana, C. reticulata, C. rocana, C. roederi, C. rothi, C. royana, C. royei, C. saffordi, C. sheikhfadli, C. similis, C. singularia, C. texana, C. texta, C. thevestenis, C. transversa, C. volgensis, C. wadei, C. waihaoensis, C. woodsi, C. jaworskii, C. coxi, C. leopoliensis, C. royeri, C. fuegunensis, C. aalensis, C. acuticarinata, C. amaxensis, C. deatvillensis, C. delicatostriata, C. ezoensis, C. ezoensis, C. fujii, C. gratiota, C. mabuchii, C. matheroniana, C. oblonga, C. powersi, C. rothi, C. texta, C. wagadensis, C. hamptoni, C. waihaoensis, C. plana, C. austriaca, C. crassitesta, C. szaboi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cucullaea adelaidensis Tate p. 144 figs. pl. 11, fig. 14
1970Cucullaea adelaidensis Darragh p. 129
2010Cucullaea adelaidensis Darragh and Kendrick p. 25 fig. 1G,H,K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusCucullaeaLamarck 1801
speciesadelaidensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 15:53:52
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:53:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Australia (Western Australia) Cucullaea adelaidensis (179835 179836)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cucullaea adelaidensis (71407)