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Palaeonucula
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculidae
Taxonomy
Palaeonucula was named by Quenstedt (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 93,159]. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Nucula (Palaeonucula) by Cox (1940); it was reranked as Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) by Ichikawa (1951); it was reranked as Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) by Freneix (1958).
It was assigned to Nucula by Cox (1940); to Nuculopsis by Ichikawa (1951); to Nuculoma by Freneix (1958); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeonuculinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Nützel and Kaim (2014) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was reranked as Nucula (Palaeonucula) by Cox (1940); it was reranked as Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) by Ichikawa (1951); it was reranked as Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) by Freneix (1958).
It was assigned to Nucula by Cox (1940); to Nuculopsis by Ichikawa (1951); to Nuculoma by Freneix (1958); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeonuculinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Nützel and Kaim (2014) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species
Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis, Nucula (Palaeonucula) putiensis, Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni, P. aldanensis, P. biacuta, P. hammeri, P. lunulata, P. misolensis, P. navis, P. prisca, P. qingyanensis, P. qujiangensis, P. strigilata, P. subobliqua (syn. Nucula obliqua, Nucula tenuilineata), P. subrotundata, P. tulongensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Palaeonucula Quenstedt |
| 1940 | Nucula (Palaeonucula) Cox p. 13 |
| 1951 | Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) Ichikawa p. 322 |
| 1958 | Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) Freneix p. 157 |
| 1980 | Palaeonucula Vokes p. 2 |
| 2002 | Palaeonucula Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Palaeonucula Bouchet et al. |
| 2014 | Palaeonucula Nützel and Kaim p. 423 |
| 2014 | Palaeonucula Ros-Franch et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available