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Brevinucula

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Brevinucula was named by Thiele (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nuculidae by Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982) and Huber (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Brevinucula Thiele
1980Brevinucula Vokes p. 2
1982Brevinucula Dockery p. 27
2002Brevinucula Sepkoski
2010Brevinucula Huber p. 85

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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)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusBrevinuculaThiele 1934

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.

G. Brevinucula Thiele 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:09:53
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) B. pseudopunctata (5500 5787 5805 74082 74083)