Nuculopsis glenparkensis Weller 1906 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combination: Nucula glenparkensis

Full reference: S. Weller. 1906. Kinderhook faunal studies, IV. The fauna of the Glen Park limestone. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 16:435-471

Belongs to Nuculopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Weller 1906

Sister taxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis), Nuculopsis alta, Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides, Nuculopsis beyrichi, Nuculopsis cornutus, Nuculopsis croneisi, Nuculopsis darlingensis, Nuculopsis elongata, Nuculopsis fujianensis, Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis glendonensis, 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: found only at Wassonville Fm., southeastern Iowa (Carboniferous of Iowa)

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