Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nuculopsis (Nuculanella) bangarraensis, Nuculopsis bangarraensis
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203
Belongs to Nuculavus according to T. E. Yancey 1978
See also Dickins 1957 and Larghi 2005
Sister taxa: Nuculavus arcuata, Nuculavus levatiformis, Nuculavus menuda, Nuculavus okawensis, Nuculavus terminalis
Type specimen: UWA 45348, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Fossil Ridge, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Holmwood Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Oman (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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