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Palaeonucula

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Palaeonucula was named by Quenstedt (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 93,159]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Nucula (Palaeonucula) by Cox (1940); it was reranked as Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) by Ichikawa (1951); it was reranked as Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) by Freneix (1958).

It was assigned to Nucula by Cox (1940); to Nuculopsis by Ichikawa (1951); to Nuculoma by Freneix (1958); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeonuculinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Nützel and Kaim (2014) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Palaeonucula Quenstedt
1940Nucula (Palaeonucula) Cox p. 13
1951Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) Ichikawa p. 322
1958Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) Freneix p. 157
1980Palaeonucula Vokes p. 2
2002Palaeonucula Sepkoski
2010Palaeonucula Bouchet et al.
2014Palaeonucula Nützel and Kaim p. 423
2014Palaeonucula Ros-Franch et al.

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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
genusPalaeonuculaQuenstedt 1930

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. †Palaeonucula Quenstedt 1930
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Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni Morris and Lycett 1853
Palaeonucula aldanensis Kurushin 1987
Palaeonucula biacuta Hautmann 2001
Palaeonucula hammeri Defrance 1825
Palaeonucula lunulata Morningstar 1922
Palaeonucula misolensis Jaworski 1915
Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868
Palaeonucula prisca Kurushin 1985
Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837
Palaeonucula subobliqua d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Nucula obliqua Münster 1841 [replaced]
Palaeonucula subrotundata Morningstar 1922
Palaeonucula tulongensis Wen and Lan 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available