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Taxonomy
Nucula sphenopsis was named by Conrad (1865) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6765]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis by Woodring (1973); it was corrected as Nucula spheniopsis by Kosnik (2002).
It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis by Woodring (1973); it was corrected as Nucula spheniopsis by Kosnik (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. percrassa, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Nucula sphenopsis Conrad p. 140 figs. pl. 10, fig. 13 |
| 1945 | Nucula sphenopsis Gardner p. 42 |
| 1965 | Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis Palmer and Brann p. 213 |
| 1973 | Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Woodring p. 488 |
| 2002 | Nucula spheniopsis Kosnik |
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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.
†Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available