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Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Nucula sphenopsis Conrad p. 140 figs. pl. 10, fig. 13
1945Nucula sphenopsis Gardner p. 42
1965Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis Palmer and Brann p. 213
1973Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Woodring p. 488
2002Nucula spheniopsis Kosnik

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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
speciessphenopsis(Conrad 1865)

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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 61.60000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Nucula spheniopsis (202260)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Nucula spheniopsis (1294 1416 1417)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Nucula spheniopsis (1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1291 1293 1422 1424 1425 1426 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434) Nucula sphenopsis (1287 1288 1292)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Nucula speniopsis (3531) Nucula spheniopsis (90704 91097 92393 99632 99675 164232 205526 205535)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nucula speniopsis (3520) Nucula spheniopsis (3503 3518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nucula speniopsis (3534) Nucula spheniopsis (1413 1415 205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Nucula spheniopsis (5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Nucula spheniopsis (5366)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Nucula spheniopsis (32925)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Nucula spheniopsis (3538 3539)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Nucula spheniopsis (43057)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Nucula spheniopsis (42569 42575)