Huxleyia Adams 1860 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Manzanellidae

Alternative spelling: Nucinella (Huxleyia)

Synonyms: Cyrilla Adams 1860, Cyrillista Iredale 1929, Diabolica Jousseaume 1897

Parent taxon: Manzanellidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1956 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Manzanella, Posterodonta

Subtaxa: Huxleyia concentrica Huxleyia diabolica Huxleyia maxima Huxleyia munita Huxleyia pentadonta Huxleyia sulcata

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Type: Huxleyia sulcata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: Vermont)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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