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Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula minor was named by Deshayes (1858) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor by Eames (1951) and Glibert and van de Poel (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Nucula minor Deshayes
1951Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor Eames p. 316
1965Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor Glibert and van de Poel p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
subgenusLamellinucula(Schenck 1944)
speciesminor(Deshayes 1858)

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.

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Diagnosis
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