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Nuculoidea opima

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Cucullaea opima was named by Hall (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Devonian; New York.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nuculoidea opima by Williams and Berger (1916) and Cox et al. (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Cucullaea opima Hall
1916Nuculoidea opima Williams and Berger p. 173
1969Nuculoidea opima Cox et al. p. N231

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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
genusNuculoideaWilliams and Berger 1916
speciesopima(Hall 1843)

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.

Nuculoidea opima Hall 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available