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. B. Waterhouse 1964
Sister taxa: Glyptoleda (Menucula), Glyptoleda borealica, Glyptoleda coleyi, Glyptoleda flexuosa, Glyptoleda glomerata, Glyptoleda intricata, Glyptoleda javesi, Glyptoleda parenica, Glyptoleda reidi
Type specimen: NZGS TM3529. 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 (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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