WoRMS taxon details
Bradleya proarata Hornibrook, 1952
517555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517555)
accepted
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hornibrook, N. B. (1952). Tertiary and recent marine Ostracoda of New Zealand, their origin affinities and distribution. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-82. [details] Available for editors 
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Description Carapace subquadrate, large, heavy, smooth with numerous pores; ventro-lateral rib prominent and sharp, ending posteriorly...
Stratigraphy Cenozoic, Paleogene, Oligocene
Taxonomy Benson (1972) considered questionable the assigment of this species to the genus Bradleya.
Description Carapace subquadrate, large, heavy, smooth with numerous pores; ventro-lateral rib prominent and sharp, ending posteriorly in a long spine and meeting a similar ridge running up the anterior margin and ending some distance along the dorsal margin; dorso-Iateral rib prominent and sharp, ending posteriorly at a sharp postero-dorsal spine; 0 anterior margin with numerous short, blunt denticulations; posterior margin with irregular strong spines; no subcentral tubercle; right valve with posterior tooth distinctly lobed. [details]
Stratigraphy Cenozoic, Paleogene, Oligocene
Stratigraphy Cenozoic, Paleogene, Oligocene [details]
Taxonomy Benson (1972) considered questionable the assigment of this species to the genus Bradleya.
Taxonomy Benson (1972) considered questionable the assigment of this species to the genus Bradleya. [details]
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2024). World Ostracoda Database. Bradleya proarata Hornibrook, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517555 on 2024-11-15
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Hornibrook, N. B. (1952). Tertiary and recent marine Ostracoda of New Zealand, their origin affinities and distribution. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-82. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Carapace subquadrate, large, heavy, smooth with numerous pores; ventro-lateral rib prominent and sharp, ending posteriorly in a long spine and meeting a similar ridge running up the anterior margin and ending some distance along the dorsal margin; dorso-Iateral rib prominent and sharp, ending posteriorly at a sharp postero-dorsal spine; 0 anterior margin with numerous short, blunt denticulations; posterior margin with irregular strong spines; no subcentral tubercle; right valve with posterior tooth distinctly lobed. [details]Diagnosis Distinguished by the large, smooth, subquadrate shell with prominent posterolateral and postero-dorsal spines. Allied to B. arata (Brady), 1880 [details]
Stratigraphy Cenozoic, Paleogene, Oligocene [details]
Taxonomy Benson (1972) considered questionable the assigment of this species to the genus Bradleya. [details]
