Synonym: Nuculanacea Adams and A. 1858 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Nuculanida according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Anelli et al. 2006, Beu and Taviani 2013, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, Fang and Cope 2004, Giribet and Wheeler 2002, Harrison and Harrison 1975, Maxwell 1992, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ride et al. 1999, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxon: Malletioidea
Subtaxa: Cadomiidae Isoarcidae Malletiidae Nuculanidae Palaeoneilidae Phaseolidae Polidevciidae Sareptidae Saturnidae Yoldiidae Zealedidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder