Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Full reference: L. Liljedahl. 1983. Two silcified Silurian Bivalves from Gotland. Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning C(799):1-51
Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to L. Liljedahl 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcodonta, Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Fidera, Habonucula, Homilodonta, Ledopsis, Palaeoconcha, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Similodonta, Smilodonta, Synek, Tironucula
Subtaxa: Nuculodonta gotlandica
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Silurian of Sweden (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.