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Taxonomy
Varinucula was named by Maxwell (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant. Its type is Varinucula gallinacea.
It was reranked as Nucula (Varinucula) by Huber (2010).
It was assigned to Nuculinae by Maxwell (1992); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculidae by Todd (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004); and to Nucula by Huber (2010).
It was reranked as Nucula (Varinucula) by Huber (2010).
It was assigned to Nuculinae by Maxwell (1992); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculidae by Todd (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004); and to Nucula by Huber (2010).
Subtaxa
Varinucula gallinacea (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Nucula angusta, Nucula aptera, Nucula calliope, Nucula cipleyensis, Nucula ciplyensis, Nucula cochlear, Nucula dasa, Nucula defuniak, Nucula dixoni, Nucula eudorae, Nucula fritschi, Nucula guillermensis, Nucula indica, Nucula mametschinskensis, Nucula meadinga, Nucula microconcentrica, Nucula otamatea, Nucula percrassa, Nucula planata, Nucula potomacensis, Nucula praelongata, Nucula pulchra, Nucula rivulana, Nucula sagittata, Nucula silicea, Nucula stachei, Nucula subtrigona, Nucula waiaotea, Nucula waiotea
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Varinucula Maxwell pp. 35-36 |
| 1992 | Varinucula Maxwell p. 53 |
| 2001 | Varinucula Todd |
| 2002 | Varinucula Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Varinucula Spencer et al. |
| 2010 | Nucula (Varinucula) Huber p. 85 |
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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