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
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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