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Tironucula jugata

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Tironucula jugata was named by Morris and Fortey (1976) [TYPE REPOSITORY: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge; TYPE LOCALITY: Lower Ordovician, Spitsbergen.]. Its type specimen is A85181 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Tironucula.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Tironucula jugata Morris and Fortey pp. 701-702 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-8

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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)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusTironucula
speciesjugata

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.

Tironucula jugata Morris and Fortey 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:59:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:23:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Norway Tironucula jugata (67174)