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Praeleda compar

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae

Taxonomy
Nucula compar was named by Barrande (1881). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Praeleda compar by Pfab (1934), McAlester (1968) and Kříž and Steinová (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Nucula amica Barrande figs. pl. 271 f. III/1–14
1881Nucula compar Barrande figs. pl. 271 f. III/1-14
1934Praeleda compar Pfab p. 231 figs. pl. 3 f. 1-3
1968Praeleda compar McAlester p. 46 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-9; pl. 8 f. 1-2
2009Praeleda compar Kříž and Steinová pp. 416 - 417 figs. 3N–Q, 4A–E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
familyCardiolariidae
genusPraeleda
speciescompar()

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.

Praeleda compar Barrande 1881
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Invalid names: Praeleda amica Barrande 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Kříž and M. Steinová 2009Praeleda with broadly subelliptic to ovate shells, with 7 to 8 teeth in the anterior part of the hinge and with 15–20 teeth in the posterior part of the hinge.

Small, equivalve, inequilateral, and broadly subelliptic to ovate shell. Anterior and posterior margins evenly rounded, ventral margin convex. Anterior part is larger part of the shell. Umbones are in the posterior half of the shell length. Dorsal margin in the anterior part of the shell is slightly concave, in the posterior part of the shell it is convex. Outer surface sculpture consists of numerous, regularly spaced growth bands and furrows. Inner surface sculpture is smooth. The hinge taxodont, the posterior part with small numerous teeth (15–20 in number), and the anterior part of the shell with abruptly much larger teeth (7–8 in number). Teeth row between the umbones is not interrupted. Anterior adductor muscle scar elliptic and larger than rounded posterior adductor muscle scar. One pair of rounded pedal muscle scars (protractors) is developed posteriorly from the anterior adductor muscle scars, one pair of transverse elliptic pedal muscle scars (retractors) is developed anteriorly from the posterior adductor muscle scar, and two pairs of the narrowly elliptical accessory muscle scars are developed in the umbonal region.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:41:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:06:12
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Praeleda compar (149320)