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Praenucula menapiensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Discussion

= 1873 Ctenodonta elongata Salter (nom. obliltum), p. 24 and figure

Taxonomy
Ctenodonta menapiensis was named by Hicks (1873). Its type specimen is IGSL 23234 1/77, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Side of Ogof HĂȘn, Ramsey Island, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Praenucula menapiensis by Carter (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ctenodonta menapiensis Hicks p. 47 figs. pl. 5 f. 6-7
1971Praenucula menapiensis Carter pp. 251 - 253 figs. pl. 38 f. 1-2

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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
speciesmenapiensis()

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Praenucula menapiensis Hicks 1873
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hicks 1873Ovate in form, ~ of an inch long by about ~ wide. Valves well raised, beak prominent and pointed, and placed nearer to the anterior margin. Surface marked by fine concentric lines, and ventral margin fimbriated. Both ends of the shell rounded, posterior most; muscular scars strong; teeth prominent.