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Nuculoidea

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nuculoidea was named by Williams and Berger (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1117].

It was reranked as Nucula (Nuculoidea) by Shimer and Shrock (1944).

It was assigned to Nucula by Shimer and Shrock (1944); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nuculidae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980) and Mikkelsen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Nuculoidea Williams and Berger p. 173
1944Nucula (Nuculoidea) Shimer and Shrock
1969Nuculoidea Cox et al. p. N231
1980Nuculoidea Vokes p. 2
2002Nuculoidea Sepkoski
2006Nuculoidea Mikkelsen

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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

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.

G. †Nuculoidea Williams and Berger 1916
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Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Invalid names: Nucula aquisgranensis Beushausen 1895 [synonym], Nucula herzeri Nettelroth 1889 [synonym], Nucula macrorhyncha Spriestersbach 1925 [synonym], Nucula neda Hall and Whitfield 1872 [synonym], Nucula niotica Hall and Whitfield 1872 [synonym], Nucula subtrigona Simpson 1890 [synonym]
Nuculoidea lirata Conrad 1842
Nuculoidea opima Hall 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available