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Nucula (Linucula)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Linucula Marwick
1931Nucula (Linucula) Marwick p. 49
2002Linucula Sepkoski
2004Linucula Spencer et al.
2010Nucula (Linucula) Huber p. 85

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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
subgenusLinucula(Marwick 1931)

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.

Subg. Nucula (Linucula) Marwick 1931
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Linucula recens Dell 1956
Nucula (Linucula) waipaoa Marwick 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Holocene or 21.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Antarctica Linucula sp. (181568)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Linucula sp. (146345)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Waikato) Linucula sp. (45004)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Linucula sp. (35650)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Nucula waiaotea (84915)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Nucula n. sp. (67898) Nucula waiotea (67900)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Linucula delli (63089 63090)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand Nucula aptera (87884)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Linucula pisum (71601 71603)