Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative spelling: Nucula (Pectinucula)
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Imlay 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: Nucula (Pectinucula) dowlingi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of South Africa (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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