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Nucula (Nucula) magnifica

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula magnifica was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) magnifica by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Nucula magnifica Conrad
1895Nucula magnifica Clark p. 5
1919Nucula magnifica Harris p. 73
1928Nucula magnifica Price and Palmer p. 24
1965Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Palmer and Brann p. 209

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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
subgenusNuculaLamarck 1799
speciesmagnifica(Conrad 1833)

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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