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genus

Protonucula Cotton, 1930

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Malletiidae

Description

Shell ovate, the anterior and posterior teeth meeting below the umbos and forming one series, and no chondrophore.
Distribution: Southern Australia. Type species: Protonucula verconis Cotton 1930.
Remarks: A genus showing primitive teeth formation.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 1

species Protonucula verconis Cotton, 1930

Protonucula verconis


Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [9d5c9a6b-78cb-4b0c-b048-5a1f3dc0cd5c]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Protonucula Cotton, 1930]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1263782]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Protonucula Cotton, 1930]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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