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Nuculavus bangarraensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) bangarraensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is UWA 45348, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Fossil Ridge, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Holmwood Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Nuculavus bangarraensis by Yancey (1978); it was recombined as Nuculopsis bangarraensis by Larghi (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) bangarraensis Dickins p. 31 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-12
1963Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) bangarraensis Dickins p. 31 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-12
1978Nuculavus bangarraensis Yancey p. 316
2005Nuculopsis bangarraensis Larghi p. 359 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-11

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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
genusNuculavusTschernyschev 1943
speciesbangarraensis()

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.

†Nuculavus bangarraensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
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