Brevinucula Thiele 1934 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Dockery 1982, Huber 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula

Subtaxa: Brevinucula pseudopunctata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (5: Mississippi collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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