Xiaoshuiculana Chen 1983 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: J. H. Chen. 1983. Taxonomic names, in Veteranellinae, a new subfamily of Nuculanidae (Bivalvia), with the classificatory significance of ornamentations in Palaeotaxodonta. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:622

Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017

See also Chen 1983, Fang et al. 2009 and Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Costinuculana, Eleganuculana, Girtyana, Hilgardia, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Zealeda

Subtaxa: Xiaoshuiculana elegansa Xiaoshuiculana tozeri

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Type: Reticulana elegansa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Mexico (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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