Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746
Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1997
Sister taxa: Arcodonta, Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Fidera, Habonucula, Ledopsis, Nuculodonta, Palaeoconcha, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Similodonta, Smilodonta, Synek, Tironucula
Subtaxa: Homilodonta filistriata Homilodonta subtruncata
Type: Arca subtruncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario, Québec collections), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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