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Nuculopsis
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeotaxodonta
Order:
Nuculoida
Superfamily:
Nuculacea
Family:
Nuculidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nuculopsis GIRTY, 1911, p. 123
Type Species:
Nucula ventricosa Hall, 1858 (non Nucula ventricosa Fleming, 1828) (=Nuculopsis girtyi SCHENCK, 1934), OD
Images
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Fig. A3,7. *N. girtyi Schenck, Carb., USA(Ind.), 7a, RV ext., X2 (832), 7b,c, LV ext., RV int., X2, X 4 (McAlester, n)
Synonyms
Nuculavus, Nuculanella, Stagnnucula
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-N.Z.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Very inequilateral, inner ventral margin smooth, resilifer small
References
Girty, G. H., 1911, On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka formation of Oklahoma: New York Acad. Sci., Ann., v. 21, p. 99-156.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeotaxodonta
Order:
Nuculoida
Superfamily:
Nuculacea
Family:
Nuculidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nuculopsis GIRTY, 1911, p. 123
Type Species:
Nucula ventricosa Hall, 1858 (non Nucula ventricosa Fleming, 1828) (=Nuculopsis girtyi SCHENCK, 1934), OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. A3,7. *N. girtyi Schenck, Carb., USA(Ind.), 7a, RV ext., X2 (832), 7b,c, LV ext., RV int., X2, X 4 (McAlester, n)
Synonyms
Nuculavus, Nuculanella, Stagnnucula
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-N.Z.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Very inequilateral, inner ventral margin smooth, resilifer small
References
Girty, G. H., 1911, On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka formation of Oklahoma: New York Acad. Sci., Ann., v. 21, p. 99-156.