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Nuculana minuta

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Arca minuta was named by Müller (1776) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant. Its type locality is Col Rodella, Campitello (Muschelkalk Fm.), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Leda minuta by Müller (1776); it was recombined as Nuculana minuta by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta by Moore (1983), Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Leda minuta Müller
1903Leda minuta praecursor Arnold p. 97 figs. pl. 17, fig. 6
1945Nuculana praecursor Schenck
1962Nuculana minuta Richards p. 52
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Moore p. A14
1983Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Moore p. A14 figs. Plate 2, figure 5
2020Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Hendy
2021Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusNuculanaLink 1807
speciesminuta(Müller 1776)

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.

Nuculana minuta Müller 1776
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Diagnosis
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