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Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda verconis was named by Tate (1891) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Australia, New Caledonia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis by Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1891	Leda verconis Tate
2007	Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Nuculana	Link 1807
subgenus	Scaeoleda	(Iredale 1924)
species	verconis	(Tate 1891)

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.

Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis Tate 1891

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

deposit feederf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-07-27 04:12:34

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:18

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Australia (South Australia)	Nuculana verconis (63432 63441)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Vanuatu	Leda verconis (77904)