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Nucula waikuraensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6141684https://www.gbif.org/species/6141684
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)85668https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85668
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula waikuraensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula waikuraensis
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 waikuraensisMarwick 1931
Generic NameNucula
Scientific NameNucula waikuraensis Marwick, 1931
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nucula waikuraensisspeciesbelongs to Nuculastated with evidenceMarwick, 1931
Nucula waikuraensisspeciesbelongs to Nuculastated without evidenceFleming, 1966
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
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)J. A. Marwick. 1931. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1931Nucula waikuraensis Marwick p. 48 figs. figs. 2, 3
1966Nucula waikuraensis Fleming p. 102

References

Marwick J. A. (1931) The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13, 1-177
Fleming C. A. (1966) Marwick's Illustrations of New Zealand shells, with a checklist of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 173
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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