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Jupiteria cellulita

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda cellulita was named by Dall (1896). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuculana cellulita by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Saccella cellulita by Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) cellulita by Moore (1983); it was recombined as Nuculana (Jupiteria) cellulita by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Jupiteria cellulita by Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Leda cellulita Dall p. 7 figs. pl. 2, figs. 5, 7
1931Nuculana cellulita Grant, IV and Gale p. 122
1950Saccella cellulita Woodring and Bramlette
1983Nuculana (Saccella) cellulita Moore p. A20 figs. Plate 2; figures 26, 27
2000Nuculana (Jupiteria) cellulita Coan et al. p. 88
2020Jupiteria cellulita Hendy
2021Jupiteria cellulita Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusJupiteriaBellardi 1875
speciescellulita(Dall 1896)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:23:07
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:23:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Saccella cellulita (189542)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Saccella cellulita (189765 189768)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Leda cellulita (138723)