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Varinucula P. A. Maxwell, 1988

722862  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722862)

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Nucula (Varinucula) P. A. Maxwell, 1988 · alternative representation

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Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120.
page(s): 35 [details]   
Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it...  
Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Varinucula P. A. Maxwell, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722862 on 2024-03-19
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2013-03-13 21:39:32Z
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2017-10-27 19:29:48Z
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2019-07-15 02:25:27Z
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original description Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120.
page(s): 35 [details]   

status source Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]   
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Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]