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Nuculanella

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) was named by Tasch (1953).

It was reranked as Nuculanella by Hayami and Kase (1977).

It was assigned to Nuculopsis by Tasch (1953); and to Nuculidae by Hayami and Kase (1977).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) Tasch
1977Nuculanella Hayami and Kase

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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
genusNuculanella(Tasch 1953)

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.

G. †Nuculanella Tasch 1953
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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 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: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Changhsingian or 323.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Argentina Nuculopsis camachoi (64621)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) N. piedmontia (225763)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Japan Nuculopsis sp. (114489)