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Ennucula cardara

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula cardara was named by Dall (1916) [DISTRIBUTION: Washington to Baja California Sur, Mexico (Recent).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ennucula cardara by Coan et al. (2000), Huber (2010), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Leda phenaxia was named by Dall (1916) [HISTORY: Synonym of E. cardara (Dall 1916) [Coan et al. 2000]; L. phenaxia Dall 1916 was based on a juvenile specimen.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ennucula cardara by Coan et al. (2000).
  • Nucula (Leionucula) yaquinae was named by Bernard (1983) [HISTORY: Synonym of E. cardara (Dall 1916) [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ennucula cardara by Coan et al. (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Nucula cardara Dall p. 9
1916Leda phenaxia Dall p. 11
1983Nucula (Leionucula) yaquinae Bernard p. 257
2000Ennucula cardara Coan et al. p. 76
2010Ennucula cardara Huber p. 88
2021Ennucula cardara Hendy

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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
genusEnnuculaIredale 1931
speciescardara(Dall 1916)

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.

Ennucula cardara Dall 1916
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Invalid names: Leda phenaxia Dall 1916 [synonym], Nucula (Leionucula) yaquinae Bernard 1983 [synonym]
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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nucula cardara (222663 223301)