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Nucularca cingulata

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nucularcidae

Taxonomy
Tellinomya cingulata was named by Ulrich (1879). Its type specimen is USNM 46126, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ctenodonta cingulata by Ulrich (1893) and Foerste (1924); it was recombined as Nucularca cingulata by Pojeta and Stott (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Tellinomya cingulata Ulrich p. 15 figs. pl. 7 f. 19-19a
1893Ctenodonta cingulata Ulrich p. 680 figs. pl. 48 f. 10-11
1924Ctenodonta cingulata Foerste p. 138 figs. pl. 17 f. 10
2007Nucularca cingulata Pojeta and Stott p. 1483–1484 figs. 4-5, 6A-C, 7H-J, 8A-C

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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)
familyNucularcidae
genusNucularca
speciescingulata()

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.

†Nucularca cingulata Ulrich 1879
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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
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 08:17:00
Modified: 2009-06-11 10:17:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Nucularca cingulata (76968)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Ctenodonta cingulata (173310) Nucularca cingulata (76913)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Ctenodonta cingulata (5326)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Ctenodonta cingulata (173091)