Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Cucullellidae
Alternative combination: Clidophorus neglectus
Belongs to Nuculites according to W. B. Harrison and L. K. Harrison 1975
Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites argentinum, Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites primus, Nuculites stonyensis, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus, Cucullella antiqua, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus perdubius, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus eductus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (6: Iowa, Michigan collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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