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Nuculopsis glendonensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula glendonensis was named by Dana (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glendon Homestead, Hunter River (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siltstone in the Muree Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Nuculopsis glendonensis by Waterhouse (1964) and Waterhouse (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Nucula glendonensis Dana
1964Nuculopsis glendonensis Waterhouse p. 633 figs. Pl 96, figs 3-5; text-fig 3
1988Nuculopsis glendonensis Waterhouse p. 207

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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
genusNuculopsis
speciesglendonensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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