| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Leionucula : Nucula cunifrons |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula cunifrons |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Nucula |
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| Scientific Name | Nucula cunifrons (Conrad, 1860) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Nucula cunifrons | species | belongs to Nucula | stated without evidence | Conrad, 1860 | | Nucula cunifrons | species | belongs to Leionucula | stated without evidence | Wingard and Sohl, 1990 | | Nucula cunifrons | species | belongs to Nucula | stated without evidence | Kosnik, 2002 |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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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) | M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion. |
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Nucula cunifrons
