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Ennucula frigida

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Ennucula frigida was named by Anelli et al. (2006) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is GP/1T 2100, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island, which is in a Miocene offshore mudstone in the Cape Melville Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ennucula frigida Anelli et al. p. 117 figs. fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusEnnuculaIredale 1931
speciesfrigida

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.

Ennucula frigida Anelli et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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