Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula cooperi |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Nucula cooperi | species | belongs to Nucula | stated with evidence | Dickerson, 1913 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene |
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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. E. Dickerson. 1913. Fauna of the Eocene at Marysville Buttes, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 7(12):257-298 |
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