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Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula comta was named by Goldfuss (1837) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta by Schnetler and Palm (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. pectinata, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae, Nuculana smithvillensis

Synonyms

Nucula cilleborgensis was named by Ravn (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta by Schnetler and Palm (2008).
Nucula praemissa was named by Semper (1861). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta by Schnetler and Palm (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Nucula comta Goldfuss
1861	Nucula praemissa Semper p. 309
1907	Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn p. 255 figs. pl. 1, figs. 4a-c, 5a-c
1995	Nucula comta Islamoglu and Taner p. 154
2008	Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta Schnetler and Palm p. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
subgenus	Lamellinucula	(Schenck 1944)
species	comta	(Goldfuss 1837)

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.

†Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta Goldfuss 1837

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Invalid names: Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn 1907 [synonym], Nucula praemissa Semper 1861 [synonym]

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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Hungary	Nucula comta (8338)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Denmark (Jutland)	Nucula comta (9176)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Denmark (Jylland)	Nucula comta (9170)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Nucula comta (62889)