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Paulckella nepos

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia nepos was named by Paulcke (1903).

It was recombined as Pterotrigonia nepos by Reyes and Perez (1978); it was recombined as Paulckella nepos by Cooper et al. (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trigonia nepos Paulcke p. 294 figs. pl. 17, figs. 7, 8
1978Pterotrigonia nepos Reyes and Perez
1989Paulckella nepos Cooper et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
Megatrigonioidaevan Hoepen 1929
Megatrigoniitaevan Hoepen 1929
familyMegatrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyPterotrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusPaulckella
speciesnepos(Paulcke 1903)

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.

Paulckella nepos Paulcke 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 136.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Chile (CopiapĆ³) Paulckella nepos (223027)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Chile (Huasco) Pterotrigonia nepos (223579)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Chile (Ovalle) Paulckella nepos (222423)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina Paulckella nepos (64163)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Chile (Copiapo) Paulckella nepos (222985)