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, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aviculovulsa, Bouleigmus, Chalmasia, Heligmina, Heligmopsis, Isognomoninae, Malleinae, Malleus, Malvufundus, Nayadina, Ostreinella, Pseudoheligmus, Pulvinitinae, Vulsellina, Stefaniniella, Heligmus, Euphenax
Subtaxa: 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 (5), 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 (6: Arizona, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 47 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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