Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Palaeotaxodont bivalves from the Permian of New Zealand. Palaeontology 7(4):630-655
Belongs to Nuculopsis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1964
Sister taxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis), Nuculopsis alta, Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides, Nuculopsis beyrichi, Nuculopsis cornutus, Nuculopsis croneisi, Nuculopsis darlingensis, Nuculopsis elongata, Nuculopsis fujianensis, Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis glendonensis, Nuculopsis glenparkensis, Nuculopsis houghtoni, Nuculopsis imperta, Nuculopsis leiyangensis, Nuculopsis lipoensis, Nuculopsis montpelierensis, Nuculopsis pidhensis, Nuculopsis poposiensis, Nuculopsis rectangula, Nuculopsis salebrosus, Nuculopsis setorymensis, Nuculopsis shumardana, Nuculopsis shumardensis, Nuculopsis triangularis, Nuculopsis trivialis, Nuculopsis wewokana, Nuculopsis wymmensis, Nuculopsis yangtzeensis, Nuculopsis yuani
Type specimen: NZGS TM2447. 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 New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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