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Nucula njalindungensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Nucula njalindungensis was named by Martin (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Indonesia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis by Skwarko (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. angusta, N. calliope, N. cipleyensis, N. ciplyensis, N. cochlear, N. dasa, N. defuniak, N. dixoni, N. fritschi, N. guillermensis, N. indica, N. meadinga, N. microconcentrica, N. otamatea, N. percrassa, N. potomacensis, N. praelongata, N. pulchra, N. rivulana, N. sagittata, N. stachei, N. subtrigona, N. silicea, N. mametschinskensis, N. planata, N. aptera, N. waiaotea, N. waiotea, N. eudorae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Nucula njalindungensis Martin p. 113 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2
1994	Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis Skwarko p. c2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nucula	Lamarck 1799
species	njalindungensis	Martin 1919

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.

†Nucula njalindungensis Martin 1919

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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 mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

deposit feederf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2008-11-15 10:09:53

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:53

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Indonesia	Nucula njalindungensis (63040 70081)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Indonesia (West Java)	Nucula njalindungensis (179626)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Borneo)	Nucula njalindungensis (42221 42275)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	Nucula njalindungensis (70078 70083)