Nuculopsis croneisi Schenck 1939 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) croneisi, Palaeonucula croneisi

Synonym: Nucula parva McChesney 1859 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1939. Revised Nomenclature for Some Nuculid Pelecypods. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):21-41

Belongs to Nuculopsis according to R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon 1975

See also Lintz 1958, McChesney 1859 and Schenck 1939

Sister taxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis), Nuculopsis alta, Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides, Nuculopsis beyrichi, Nuculopsis cornutus, Nuculopsis darlingensis, Nuculopsis elongata, Nuculopsis fujianensis, Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis glendonensis, Nuculopsis glenparkensis, Nuculopsis houghtoni, Nuculopsis imperta, Nuculopsis leiyangensis, Nuculopsis lipoensis, Nuculopsis montpelierensis, Nuculopsis oviformis, Nuculopsis pidhensis, Nuculopsis poposiensis, Nuculopsis rectangula, Nuculopsis salebrosus, Nuculopsis setorymensis, Nuculopsis shumardana, Nuculopsis shumardensis, Nuculopsis triangularis, Nuculopsis trivialis, Nuculopsis wewokana, Nuculopsis wymmensis, Nuculopsis yangtzeensis, Nuculopsis yuani

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (2: New Mexico, Ohio)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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