Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Anthracoleda, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costatoleda, Costelloleda, Dacromya, Ezonuculana, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculana gabbii, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestioidea, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranellinae, Clidophorus
Subtaxa: Mesosaccella partimstriata Mesosaccella perdita Mesosaccella rogovi Mesosaccella toddi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), Germany (1), Israel (19), Japan (8), Jordan (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Taiwan (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (4), Greenland (18), India (65), Iran (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Portugal (42), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), the United Kingdom (12)
• Triassic of Iran (5), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 203 collections including 226 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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