Veteranella Patte 1926 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Chen et al. 1983, Fang et al. 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Veteranella (Glyptoleda) Veteranella (Ledoides) Veteranella (Nucundata) Veteranella jinjiensis Veteranella reidi Veteranella strenua

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Type: Veteranella strenua

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection)

• Triassic of China (2)

• Permian of Australia (23), China (2), Nepal (1), New Zealand (9), the Russian Federation (11)

Total: 49 collections including 67 occurrences

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