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Nucula vicksburgensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6141691https://www.gbif.org/species/6141691
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)109542https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=109542
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula vicksburgensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula vicksburgensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusNuculaLamarck 1799
speciesNucula vicksburgensisConrad 1848
Generic NameNucula
Scientific NameNucula vicksburgensis Conrad, 1848
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nucula vicksburgensisspeciesbelongs to Nuculastated without evidenceConrad, 1848
Nucula vicksburgensisspeciesbelongs to Nuculastated with evidenceDockery, 1982
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Nuculidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1848Nucula vicksburgensis Conrad p. 294
1982Nucula vicksburgensis Dockery p. 27

References

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261
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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