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Nuculites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeotaxodonta
Order:
Nuculoida
Superfamily:
Nuculanacea
Family:
Malletiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nuculites CONRAD, 1841, p. 49
Type Species:
N. oblongatus, SD MILLER, 1889
Images
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Fig. A5,7. *N. oblongatus, M.Dev., N.Y., RV composite ext.-int. mold, X1.5 (McAlester, n)
Synonyms
Cleidophorus, Cucullella, Pyrenomoeus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Like Palaeoneilo, but with internal septum
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeotaxodonta
Order:
Nuculoida
Superfamily:
Nuculanacea
Family:
Malletiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nuculites CONRAD, 1841, p. 49
Type Species:
N. oblongatus, SD MILLER, 1889
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. A5,7. *N. oblongatus, M.Dev., N.Y., RV composite ext.-int. mold, X1.5 (McAlester, n)
Synonyms
Cleidophorus, Cucullella, Pyrenomoeus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Like Palaeoneilo, but with internal septum