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Nuculana (Tenuileda) conceptionis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda conceptionis was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Alaska-California (Recent); western North America (Pliocene-Pleistocene).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) conceptionis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nuculana (Tenuileda) conceptionis by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonyms

Leda gomphoidea was named by Dall (1916) [Synonym of N. (T.) conceptionis (Dall 18986) [Coan et al. 2000]]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leda conceptionis by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1896	Leda conceptionis Dall
1916	Leda gomphoidea Dall p. 11
1931	Nuculana (Nuculana) conceptionis Grant, IV and Gale p. 120
2000	Nuculana (Tenuileda) conceptionis Coan et al. p. 91

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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
genus	Nuculana	Link 1807
subgenus	Tenuileda	(Habe 1977)
species	conceptionis	(Dall 1896)

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 (Tenuileda) conceptionis Dall 1896

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Invalid names: Leda gomphoidea Dall 1916 [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:

2007-07-27 04:12:34

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:18

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available