Hilgardia Harris 1946 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative spelling: Nuculana (Hilgardia)

Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017

See also Dockery 1980, Moore 1983, Palmer and Brann 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires 2001 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Costinuculana, Eleganuculana, Girtyana, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Xiaoshuiculana, Zealeda

Subtaxa: Hilgardia multilineata Hilgardia parkei Nuculana (Hilgardia) multilineata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (43: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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