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Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis was named by Marwick (1931) [TYPE LOCALITY: GS 1274, Ihungia Fm, Mangaheia Stream, Uawa, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand (Late Tongaporutuan-Kaptean=Late Miocene). TYPE REPOSITORY: NZGS (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).].

It was recombined as Jupiteria kouhaiensis by Fleming (1966).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis Marwick p. 52 figs. fig. 15, 16
1966	Jupiteria kouhaiensis Fleming p. 104

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
subfamily	Nuculaninae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Nuculana	Bellardi 1875
subgenus	Jupiteria
species	kouhaiensis

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.

†Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis Marwick 1931

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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 mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:23:07

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:23:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Collections

No collection or age range data are available