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Pectunculus nuculatus

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Pectunculus nuculatus was named by Lamarck (1807) [TYPE LOCALITY: Eocene, Paris Basin]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Glycymeris.

It was recombined as Cnisma nuculatus by Mayer (1868).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. textus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Pectunculus nuculatus Lamarck
1868Cnisma nuculatus Mayer
2006Pectunculus nuculatus Beu p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusPectunculusDa Costa 1778
speciesnuculatusLamarck 1807

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.

†Pectunculus nuculatus Lamarck 1807
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available