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Costelloleda

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Costelloleda was named by Hertlein and Strong (1940). It is extant.

It was reranked as Nuculana (Costelloleda) by Moore (1983), Clavijo et al. (2005), Huber (2010).

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Todd (2001); and to Nuculana by Moore (1983), Clavijo et al. (2005), Huber (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Costelloleda Hertlein and Strong
1983Nuculana (Costelloleda) Moore p. A15
2001Costelloleda Todd
2005Nuculana (Costelloleda) Clavijo et al. p. 391
2010Nuculana (Costelloleda) Huber p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusCostelloledaHertlein and Strong 1940

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. Costelloleda Hertlein and Strong 1940
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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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:22:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:22:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Calabrian or 66.00000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nuculana powersi (49981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama C. sp. (136016)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (135816)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79999 135876 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (61344)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) C. sp. (79842)