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Nucula

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeotaxodonta
    Order:  
Nuculoida
    Superfamily:  
Nuculacea
    Family:  
Nuculidea
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Nucula LAMARCK, 1799, p. 87
    Type Species:  
Arca nucleus LINNE, 1758; M


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Synonyms

Lembulus


Geographic Distribution

U.Cret.-Rec., cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Cret.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Cenomanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
100.5
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Ovate, normally with polished periostracum.




References

Lamarck, J. B. de, 1799, Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux: Soc. Histoire Nat. Paris, Mém. v. 1, p. 63-91. 1801, Système des animaux sans vertèbres: viii + 432 p. (Paris).


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