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Nuculopsis darlingensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculopsis darlingensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3859, a valve (Right valve internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR IR20, Carynginia Gully, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. hians, N. muddlesensis, N. piedmontia, N. expansa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nuculopsis darlingensis Dickins p. 29 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-6
1963Nuculopsis darlingensis Dickins p. 29 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-6
1976Nuculopsis darlingensis Gu et al. p. 17 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-5
1978Nuculopsis darlingensis Yancey p. 322 figs. Pl 8, figs 11,12

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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
genusNuculopsis
speciesdarlingensis

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.

†Nuculopsis darlingensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available