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Nuculanida
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 841 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 181 (22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. G. Carter, C. R. Altaba L. C. Anderson, R. Araujo, A. S. Biakov, A. E. Bogan, D. C. Campbell, M. Campbell, J. H. Chen, J. C. W. Cope, G. Delvene, H. H. Dijkstra, Z. J. Fang, R. N. Gardner, V. A. Gavrilova, I. A. Goncharova, P. J. Harries, J. H. Hartman, M. Hautmann, et al. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Malletioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 425 | 254 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Nuculanoidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7,978 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2000 | Nuculanoida Carter et al. |
2006 | Nuculanoida Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228 |
2008 | Nuculanoida Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19 |
2010 | Nuculanida Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Nuculanida Carter et al. p. 6 |
2012 | Nuculanida Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 56 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!