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Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	88944	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=88944

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni

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	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
subgenus	Nucula (Leionucula)
species	Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni	Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni	species	belongs to Nucula (Leionucula)	stated with evidence	Zinsmeister and Macellari, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Nuculidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Nuculidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni Zinsmeister and Macellari pp. 256-257 figs. pl. 3, figs, 10, 11
2004	Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni Stilwell et al. p. 17 figs. pl. 1, figs. 6, 7

References

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

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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