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Notonucula demissa

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Notonucula demissa was named by Bradshaw and McCartan (1991) [= 1965 Nuculoidea musculosa Knod; McAlester, p. 262-3, pl. 9, figs 1-18.]. Its type specimen is USNM 145427 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horlick Formation lithofacies 7, which is in a Devonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Horlick Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. madida, N. orilla, N. subcircularis, N. talenti, N. vespa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Notonucula demissa Bradshaw and McCartan pp. 19 - 21 figs. 10A-L

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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
genusNotonucula
speciesdemissa

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.

†Notonucula demissa Bradshaw and McCartan 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available