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Epacroleda epacris

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana epacris was named by Moore (1963) [TYPE LOCALITY: Oregon (Miocene). HISTORY: Type by original designation of Epacroleda Savitskii 1969 [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 563208. It is the type species of Epacroleda.

It was recombined as Epacroleda epacris by Savitskii (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Nuculana slodkewitschi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Nuculana epacris Moore p. 55 figs. Plate 12, figures 15, 16, 18; plate 13, figure 8
1964Nuculana epacris Moore
1969Epacroleda epacris Savitskii

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusEpacroledaBellardi 1875
speciesepacris()

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.

Epacroleda epacris Moore 1963
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