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Nucula karatsuensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula karatsuensis was named by Nagao (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Obo, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian marine horizon in the Kishima Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Nucula karatsuensis Nagao p. 20 figs. Plate VII, Fig. 17

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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
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
specieskaratsuensis

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Nucula karatsuensis Nagao 1928
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Diagnosis
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