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Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula magnifica mauricensis was named by Harris (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Nucula mauricensis by Deussen (1924), Gardner (1945) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Nucula magnifica mauricensis Harris p. 74 figs. pl. 26, figs. 4-6
1924Nucula mauricensis Deussen p. 67
1928Nucula magnifica mauricensis Price and Palmer p. 24
1945Nucula mauricensis Gardner p. 41
1965Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Palmer and Brann p. 210

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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
speciesmauricensis(Harris 1919)

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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Nucula mauricensis (1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 81206 81224 81238 81253 81258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Nucula mauricensis (2414 2415 99673)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) Nucula mauricensis (1454 1455)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Nucula magnifica (205356) Nucula mauricensis (1452 1453 90888 205421 205442 205496 205527)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nucula mauricensis (205439)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Nucula mauricensis (2412 2413 41436 41439 41441)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Nucula mauricensis (42974 42978 42980 42984)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nucula mauricensis (44405 44408 44409 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Nucula mauricensis (92378)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula mauricensis (205508)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nucula mauricensis (90469 98355 205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Nuclidae mauricensis (7437 7438 7439) Nucula mauricensis (41427 91895 98886 205264 205266 205271 205410 205422 205424 205429 205430 205433 205460 205480 205481 205483 205484 205485 205515 205531)