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Nucinella alleni

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Taxonomy
Nucinella alleni was named by Vokes (1966). Its type specimen is PRI 27537, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI 2275, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Louisiana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Nucinella alleni Vokes p. 38 figs. text. fig. 1
1985Nucinella alleni Vokes p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilyManzanelloideaChronic 1952
familyNucinellidaeVokes 1956
genusNucinella
speciesalleni

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.

Nucinella alleni Vokes 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:10:16
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:12:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nucinella alleni (type locality: 92381)