Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative spellings: Eunucula, Nucula (Ennucula)
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Anelli et al. 2006, Beu 2006, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Maxwell 1992, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Stilwell 1993 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: Ennucula aegeensis Ennucula cardara Ennucula colombiana Ennucula convexa Ennucula corbuloides Ennucula cumingii Ennucula dalmasi Ennucula delphinodonta Ennucula frigida Ennucula grayi Ennucula linki Ennucula mirifica Ennucula musculosa Ennucula niponica Ennucula nuculana Ennucula obliqua Ennucula puelcha Ennucula siberutensis Ennucula strangei Ennucula superba Ennucula tenisoni Ennucula tenuis Ennucula uruguayensis Ennucula whatu Nucula (Ennucula) docilis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Canada (5: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), Chile (1), Greece (1), Greenland (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: California, Maine), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (3), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (7), Japan (6), New Zealand (1), United States (5: California, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 61 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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