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Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula comta was named by Goldfuss (1837) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta by Schnetler and Palm (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Nucula comta Goldfuss
1861Nucula praemissa Semper p. 309
1907Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn p. 255 figs. pl. 1, figs. 4a-c, 5a-c
1995Nucula comta Islamoglu and Taner p. 154
2008Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta Schnetler and Palm p. 10

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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
subgenusLamellinucula(Schenck 1944)
speciescomta(Goldfuss 1837)

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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Invalid names: Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn 1907 [synonym], Nucula praemissa Semper 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available