Nuculidae (Bivalvia) in the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, Antarctica, with an overview of the bivalve fauna

Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-5829; Quaglio, Fernanda; Crame, J. Alistair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-9965; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047. 2012 Nuculidae (Bivalvia) in the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, Antarctica, with an overview of the bivalve fauna. Antarctic Science, 24 (06). 625-633. 10.1017/S0954102012000454

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Abstract/Summary

Nuculid bivalves of the Cape Melville Formation (Early Miocene, King George Island) are reviewed. Ten bivalve taxa are listed from the formation in the families Nuculidae (two species), Sareptidae, Malletiidae, Limopsidae (two species), Limidae, Pectinidae, Hiatellidae, and Periplomatidae. The Nuculidae consist of two species of Leionucula Quenstedt, 1930. One of these, L. melvilleana n. sp., is described and the other consists of the two species named previously by Anelli et al. (2006), which are demonstrated to be synonymous and are assigned to the species Leionucula frigida (Anelli, Rocha-Campos, Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio 2006). This assemblage, dominated by protobranchs (89% of specimens), is a typical fauna of offshore soft substrates, with a few specimens transported from hard substrates nearby. The diversity of Nuculidae has decreased in the Antarctic region through the Cenozoic.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1017/S0954102012000454
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution
ISSN:	0954-1020
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Copyright 2012 Antarctic Science Ltd.
Additional Keywords:	Biogeography, Cenozoic, Southern Ocean, Taxonomy
Date made live:	27 Nov 2012 18:09 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20594

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