Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to M. Polechová 2022
See also Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcodonta, Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Fidera, Habonucula, Homilodonta, Ledopsis, Nuculodonta, Palaeoconcha, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Similodonta, Smilodonta, Tironucula
Subtaxa: Synek antiquus
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Arenig of France (4)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (2), France (4)
• Tremadoc of France (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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