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Nuculites ellipticus

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus eductus, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus perdubius, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cucullella antiqua, N. ichikawai, N. kimuari, N. neglectus, N. oblongatus, N. planulatus, N. suboblongatus, N. wattii, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. africana, N. antiquus, N. argentinium, N. brasiliensis, N. cawdori, N. cuneiformis, N. frigidus, N. kimurai, N. maccoyianus, N. primus, N. triqueter

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCucullellidaeFischer 1886
subfamilyCucullellinaeFischer 1886
genusNuculites
speciesellipticus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available