Nucinella Wood, 1851
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772019.2016.1245680 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EBCAEF3-27C2-4216-9F18-89F195FA534F |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883092 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C53B0B4D-8055-E82E-6C39-F90A8EDB2748 |
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Felipe |
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Nucinella Wood, 1851 |
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Genus Nucinella Wood, 1851 View in CoL
Type species. Pleurodon ovalis Wood, 1840 View in CoL ; Neogene , Pliocene; Suffolk, England .
Diagnosis. Nucinellids with external ligament.
Remarks. Of the two genera described for the Nucinellidae , Huxleyia has a mostly internal ligament set in a sunken resilifer, whereas Nucinella has an external ligament. The specimens described herein have an opisthodetic or amphidetic ligament and so are assigned to Nucinella .
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