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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Acila : Acila (Acila) divaricata |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Acila (Acila) divaricata | species | belongs to Nucula | stated with evidence | Hinds, 1843 | | Acila (Acila) divaricata | species | belongs to Acila | stated with evidence | Stolickza, 1871 | | Acila (Acila) divaricata | species | belongs to Acila (Acila) | stated with evidence | Huber, 2010 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculidae) |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Nuculidae) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculidae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Nuculidae) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2006. Cretaceous Acila (Truncacila) (Bivalvia: Nuculidae) from the Pacific Slope of North America. The Velliger 48(2):83-104 |
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| Squires R. L., Saul L. R. (2006) Cretaceous Acila (Truncacila) (Bivalvia: Nuculidae) from the Pacific Slope of North America, The Velliger 48 2, 83-104 |
| Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764 |
| Huber M. (2010) , Compendium of bivalves: A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research, 1-901 |
Acila (Acila) divaricata
