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Cucullaea gigantea

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy

Cucullaea gigantea was named by Conrad (1862) [TYPE LOCALITY: Eocene, Maryland.].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acuticarinata, C. australis, C. ceres, C. clathrata, C. contracta, C. egertonianus, C. favrei, C. gabrielis, C. jaworskii, C. kipandeensis, C. mailleana, C. matheroniana, C. minchiahamplonensis, C. ornata, C. rothi, C. royei, C. sheikhfadli, C. texta, C. vulgaris, C. wadei, C. waihaoensis, C. woodsi, C. coxi, C. fuegunensis, C. aalensis, C. powersi, C. rothi, C. waihaoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Cucullaea gigantea Conrad
1870	Cucullaea gigantea Stoliczka
1895	Cucullaea gigantea Clark p. 5

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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	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cucullaeidae	Stewart 1930
genus	Cucullaea	Lamarck 1801
species	gigantea	Conrad 1862

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.

†Cucullaea gigantea Conrad 1862

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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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Thanetian or 58.70000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	Cucullaea gigantea (80495 90142 90818 92034 92352 98365)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Maryland)	Cucullaea gigantea (99278)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Virginia)	Cucullaea gigantea (91126 91859 91860 101306)
Late/Upper Paleocene	58.7 - 55.8	USA (Maryland)	Cucullaea gigantea (91709 91712 91714 91715 91720 91721 91883 91889 91890 92161 92162)
Late/Upper Paleocene	58.7 - 55.8	USA (Virginia)	Cucullaea gigantea (35062 60952 84048)