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
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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