Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative spellings: Barbatia (Cucullaria), Cucullaea (Cucullaria)
Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to C. S. Hickman 2021
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, DuBar 1958, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cosmetodon, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella
Subtaxa: Cucullaria coxi Cucullaria cucullaris Cucullaria darwini Cucullaria tumescens
Type: Arca heterodonta
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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