Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nucularcidae
Full reference: J., J.r. Pojeta and C. A. Stott. 2007. Nucularcidae: a new family of palaeotaxodont Ordovician pelecypods (Mollusca) from North America and Australia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(10):1479-1501
Parent taxon: Nucularcidae according to J., Jr. Pojeta and C. A. Stott 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Sthenodonta
Subtaxa: Nucularca cingulata Nucularca gorensis Nucularca lorrainensis Nucularca pectunculoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario collections), United States (9: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Tennessee)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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