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Nipponothracia

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Nipponothracia was named by Kanie and Sakai (1997).

It was assigned to Thraciidae by Hikida et al. (2003); to Lucinidae by Taylor and Glover (2009); and to Myrteinae by Kiel (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Nipponothracia Kanie and Sakai
2003Nipponothracia Hikida et al.
2009Nipponothracia Taylor and Glover p. 95
2013Nipponothracia Kiel p. 356

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusNipponothraciaKanie and Sakai 1997

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.

G. †Nipponothracia Kanie and Sakai 1997
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Nipponothracia gigantea Shikama 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Messinian or 113.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Japan (Hokkaido) N. ponbetsensis (116906)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan N. yezoensis (117145)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan N. ponbetsensis (74501)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Peru Lucina lomitensis (205238)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Lucina lomitensis (93367)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago N. sp. (205114)