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Praenucula menapiensis
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).
It was recombined as Praenucula menapiensis by Carter (1971).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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†Praenucula menapiensis Hicks 1873
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Diagnosis
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H. Hicks 1873 | Ovate 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. |