Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula glendonensis
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1849. Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales. United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Atlas: Geology 681-720
Belongs to Nuculopsis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988
See also Waterhouse 1964
Sister taxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis), Nuculopsis alta, Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides, Nuculopsis beyrichi, Nuculopsis cornutus, Nuculopsis croneisi, Nuculopsis darlingensis, Nuculopsis elongata, Nuculopsis fujianensis, Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis glenparkensis, Nuculopsis houghtoni, Nuculopsis imperta, Nuculopsis leiyangensis, Nuculopsis lipoensis, Nuculopsis montpelierensis, Nuculopsis oviformis, Nuculopsis pidhensis, Nuculopsis poposiensis, Nuculopsis rectangula, Nuculopsis salebrosus, Nuculopsis setorymensis, Nuculopsis shumardana, Nuculopsis shumardensis, Nuculopsis triangularis, Nuculopsis trivialis, Nuculopsis wewokana, Nuculopsis wymmensis, Nuculopsis yangtzeensis, Nuculopsis yuani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Glendon Homestead, Hunter River (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siltstone in the Muree Formation of Australia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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