Quadratonucula Dickins 1963 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203

Parent taxon: Malletiidae according to M. A. Pagani 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia

Subtaxa: Quadratonucula asymmetrica Quadratonucula australiensis Quadratonucula stella

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Type: Quadratonucula australiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (4), United States (1: Nevada)

• Pennsylvanian of Argentina (1)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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