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Nuculites neglectus

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy
Clidophorus neglectus was named by Hall (1862) [DISTRIBUTION: Silurian; North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nuculites neglectus by Harrison and Harrison (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Clidophorus neglectus Hall p. 55
1975Nuculites neglectus Harrison and Harrison p. 212

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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)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCucullellidaeFischer 1886
subfamilyCucullellinaeFischer 1886
genusNuculites
speciesneglectus(Hall 1862)

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.

Nuculites neglectus Hall 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:33:00
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:33:10
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Nuculites neglectus (13261 13262)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Clidophorus neglectus (26307)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Clidophorus neglectus (26311)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Nuculites neglectus (13204 13260)