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Taxonomy
Nucula ovula was named by Lea (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6762; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) ovula by Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) ovula by Palmer and Brann (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. percrassa, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1833 | Nucula ovula Lea p. 80 figs. pl. 3, fig. 59 |
1919 | Nucula ovula Harris p. 75 |
1965 | Nucula (Nucula) ovula Palmer and Brann p. 212 |
2002 | Nucula ovula Kosnik |
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†Nucula (Nucula) ovula Lea 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available