Cucullaria Conrad 1869 (clam)

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

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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

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