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Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula tamatavica was named by Odhner (1943) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Madagascar.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lamellinucula tamatavica by Schenck (1944); it was recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica by Eames (1951), Coan et al. (2000) and Huber (2010).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1943	Nucula tamatavica Odhner
1944	Lamellinucula tamatavica Schenck
1951	Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica Eames p. 316
2000	Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica Coan et al. p. 74
2010	Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica Huber p. 86

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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	tamatavica	(Odhner 1943)

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) tamatavica Odhner 1943

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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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available