Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Palaeotaxodont bivalves from the Permian of New Zealand. Palaeontology 7(4):630-655
Belongs to Glyptoleda according to J. M. Dickins 1989
See also Waterhouse 1964
Sister taxa: Glyptoleda (Menucula), Glyptoleda borealica, Glyptoleda coleyi, Glyptoleda glomerata, Glyptoleda intricata, Glyptoleda javesi, Glyptoleda parenica, Glyptoleda reidi, Glyptoleda simplicata
Type specimen: NZGS TM3511. Its type locality is GS6072, Letham Burn (D44/f9623), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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