Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Cucullellidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Cleidophorus according to W. Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites argentinum, Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites neglectus, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites primus, Nuculites stonyensis, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Cucullella antiqua, Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus eductus, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus perdubius, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Virgal, topmost beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range
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