Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Alternative spelling: Solecurtus (Cultellus)
Parent taxon: Pharidae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Beesley 1998, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Matsubara et al. 2010, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Cultellinae, Ensis, Novaculininae, Pharinae, Rzehakiinae, Siliqua, Siliquinae
Subtaxa: Cultellus (Cultellus) Cultellus affinis Cultellus brevis Cultellus cultellus Cultellus izumoensis Cultellus kokolikensis Cultellus leguminoides Cultellus maximus Cultellus tenuis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Thailand (2)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Germany (4), India (3), Indonesia (4), Japan (14), the Russian Federation (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Hungary (1), Japan (7)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Cretaceous of Poland (3)
• Triassic of Japan (1)
Total: 62 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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