Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula levatiforme, Nucula levatiformis, Palaeonucula levatiformis
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298
Belongs to Nuculavus according to A. F. Sterren 2000
See also Chronic 1953, Clifton 1942, Kues 1991, Mayou 1967, Walcott 1884, Winters 1963, Yancey 1969 and Yancey 1978
Sister taxa: Nuculavus arcuata, Nuculavus bangarraensis, Nuculavus menuda, Nuculavus okawensis, Nuculavus terminalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Peru (2 collections), United States (24: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), United States (3: New Mexico)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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