Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64
Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcodonta, Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Habonucula, Homilodonta, Ledopsis, Nuculodonta, Palaeoconcha, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Similodonta, Smilodonta, Synek, Tironucula
Subtaxa: Fidera maryae
Type: Fidera maryae
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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