Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana minima |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana minima |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Nuculana |
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Scientific Name | Nuculana minima Sowerby, 1812 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Nuculana minima | species | belongs to Nuculana | stated with evidence | Sowerby, 1812 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene |
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Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae) |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae) |
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Ontogeny | accretion (based on Nuculanidae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. W. Al-Abbasi, S. I. Sakry, and C. A. Karem. 2011. A study of Macro Fossils (Bivalvia) From Fat'ha Formation (Middle Miocene) at Shaqlawa area, Northeast of Iraq. Tikrit Journal of Pure Science 16(4) |
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