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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nucula magnifica (205420 205439 205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Nucula magnifica (98973)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula magnifica (2434 2444 2446 2449 2451 92394 205526 205535)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nucula magnifica (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2443 2453 2454 5311 5316 5318 5320 6788 81266 81275 81278 90600 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Nucula magnifica (98729)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nucula magnifica (91102 92273 92347)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Nucula magnifica (92490 92492)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Nucula magnifica (91084 91869)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Nucula magnifica (91052)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Nucula magnifica (92300 100143)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Nucula magnifica (92432)