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Praenucula bohemica

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Leda bohemica was named by Barrande (1881). Its type specimen is NM L 27114 (Internal mould of the shell with conjoined valves) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osek, which is in a Sarka offshore shale in the Sarka Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Ctenodonta bohemica by Pfab (1934); it was recombined as Praenucula bohemica by Polechová (2013) and Polechová (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. dispersa, P. infirma, P. praetermissa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Leda bohemica Barrande figs. pl. 269 F. I/1–4, VII/1, 2
1934Ctenodonta protensa Pfab figs. pl. III, 8–9
1934Ctenodonta bohemica Pfab p. 223 figs. pl. 2 (3) f. 4–6.
2013Praenucula bohemica Polechová pp. 432 - 433 figs. 3A–S, 5B
2022Praenucula bohemica Polechová pp. 57 - 59 figs. 2(A–C), 3

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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)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusPraenuculaPfab 1934
speciesbohemica()

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.

†Praenucula bohemica Barrande 1881
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Invalid names: Ctenodonta protensa Pfab 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available