Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Alternative combination: Clidophorus neglectus
Belongs to Nuculites according to W. B. Harrison and L. K. Harrison 1975
Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus perdubius, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus eductus, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cucullella antiqua, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus
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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