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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587586	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587586
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16106	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16106

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Praenucula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Praenucula

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Praenuculidae	McAlester 1968
genus	Praenucula	Pfab 1934

Scientific Name

Praenucula Pfab, 1934

Name Published In

Palaeontographica, 80A

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Praenucula	genus	belongs to Praenuculidae	stated with evidence	Cox et al., 1969
Praenucula	genus	belongs to Praenuculidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Praenucula	genus	belongs to Nuculoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Praenucula	genus	belongs to Praenuculidae	stated without evidence	Fang, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 421 Ma
Silurian

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Praenuculidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Praenuculidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).

Taphonomy

thin

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ctenodonta albertina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leda bohemica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula applanans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula costae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula dispar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praenucula abrupta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Praenucula albertina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Praenucula applanans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Praenucula bohemica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Praenucula costae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Praenucula dispar ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Praenucula faba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Praenucula menapiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1934	Praenucula Pfab p. 234
1969	Praenucula Cox et al. p. N229
1975	Praenucula Harrison and Harrison p. 210
1980	Praenucula Vokes p. 1
2002	Praenucula Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Praenucula Fang
2010	Praenucula Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489

Harrison W. B., Harrison L. K. (1975) A Maquoketa-like molluscan community in the Brassfield Formation (Early Silurian) of Adams County, Ohio, Bulletins of American Paleontology 67, 193-234

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeontographica, 80A - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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