Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Parent taxon: Malleidae according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Eames 1951, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moneer et al. 2024, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aviculovulsa, Bouleigmus, Chalmasia, Heligmina, Heligmopsis, Isognomoninae, Malleinae, Malleus, Malvufundus, Nayadina, Ostreinella, Pseudoheligmus, Pulvinitinae, Vulsellina, Euphenax, Heligmus, Stefaniniella
Subtaxa: Vulsella (Vulsella) Vulsella angusta Vulsella clarki Vulsella deperdita Vulsella grandicubitus Vulsella laevigata Vulsella legumen Vulsella pakistanica Vulsella vulsella Vulsella walleri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of Australia (3), Bulgaria (4), Egypt (10), France (2), Italy (2), Libya (6), Romania (9), Somalia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1), Nigeria (1), Spain (1), United States (5: Arizona, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 51 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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