Bivalvia - Solenida - Orthonotidae
Alternative spelling: Nuculites (Orthonota)
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1841. Fifth annual report on the paleontology of the state of New York. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 5:25-57
Parent taxon: Orthonotidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hall 1860 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Breviorthonota, Sphenosolen, Teranota
Subtaxa: Orthonota undulata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Brazil (1), China (4), Colombia (1), Luxembourg (2), New Zealand (1), Turkey (1), United States (33: Alaska, Colorado, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of China (4), Lithuania (4), Norway (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (2)
Total: 62 collections including 70 occurrences
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