Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula pilkeyi |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula pilkeyi |
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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 pilkeyi Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Nucula pilkeyi | species | belongs to Nucula | stated with evidence | Ward and Blackwelder, 1987 |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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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) | L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283 |
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