Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Belongs to Cucullaea according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Arca (Cucullaea) equilateralis, Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia, Cucullaea (Cucullastis), Cucullaea (Cucullona), Cucullaea (Cyphoxis), Cucullaea (Idonearca), Cucullaea (Latiarca), Cucullaea adelaidensis, Cucullaea alta, Cucullaea auriculifera, Cucullaea chiemiensis, Cucullaea chilensis, Cucullaea cordiformis, Cucullaea corioensis, Cucullaea crassatina, Cucullaea eichwaldi, Cucullaea equidens, Cucullaea erda, Cucullaea ewekoroensis, Cucullaea farsensis, Cucullaea freia, Cucullaea gabbi, Cucullaea gigantea, Cucullaea glabra, Cucullaea granulosa, Cucullaea haguei, Cucullaea harttii, Cucullaea increbescens, Cucullaea inermis, Cucullaea isolda, Cucullaea labiata, Cucullaea laubei, Cucullaea lirata, Cucullaea littlei, Cucullaea macerata, Cucullaea marshalli, Cucullaea mathewsonii, Cucullaea minchinhamptonensis, Cucullaea monodi, Cucullaea morani, Cucullaea multicostata, Cucullaea nipponica, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea pachygastris, Cucullaea pamotanensis, Cucullaea patagonensis, Cucullaea perijana, Cucullaea ponderosa, Cucullaea scrivenori, Cucullaea seisiana, Cucullaea sindangbaranensis, Cucullaea striatiumbonata, Cucullaea subglabra, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea tschapitana, Cucullaea worthingtoni, Cucullea auingeri, Cucullea polyglypha, Cucullea rugosa, Idonearca deatsvillensis, Idonearca kingsensis, Idonearca murrayi, Idonearca powersi
Type specimen: USNM 404838
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Antarctica (16 collections)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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