Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative spelling: Nucula (Nuculoidea)
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to P. M. Mikkelsen 2006
See also Cox et al. 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Shimer and Shrock 1944 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: Nuculoidea corbuliformis Nuculoidea lirata Nuculoidea opima
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection)
• Devonian of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Brazil (4), China (15), Libya (1), Luxembourg (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (242: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of China (1), Sweden (8), United States (2: New York)
• Ordovician of China (2), Poland (1)
Total: 291 collections including 299 occurrences
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