Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64
Belongs to Fidera according to J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UT 94493, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 76. Austral Valley, immediately east of Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan, which is in an Eastonian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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