Nucula storrsi Stanton, 1895

Kaim, Andrzej, Jenkins, Robert G., Tanabe, Kazushige & Kiel, Steffen, 2014, Mollusks from late Mesozoic seep deposits, chiefly in California, Zootaxa 3861 (5), pp. 401-440 : 425-426

Nucula storrsi Stanton, 1895

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Nucula storrsi Stanton, 1895 , p. 52, pl. 6, figs. 13, 14.

Material and occurrence. Five specimens from Paskenta (Tithonian, Late Jurassic) and two specimens from Eagle Creek (Late Barremian, Early Cretaceous); Stanton’s type specimen from the Paskenta seep deposit was also investigated ( USNM 23048).

Remarks. As already noted by Stanton (1895) this elongate species resembles nuculanids but the forward pointing beaks suggest it to be a nuculid. To Stanton’s (1895) description we can only add that the species indeed has taxodont dentition.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Nucula storrsi Stanton, 1895 from Tithonian seep carbonates of Paskenta. A, B. Specimen showing shell outline and smooth posterior part (A) and the taxodont hinge dentition (B) (GZG. INV. 85000). C. Interior view on an articulated hinge (GZG. INV. 85001).