Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
= 1873 Ctenodonta elongata Salter (nom. obliltum), p. 24 and figure
Alternative combination: Ctenodonta menapiensis
Full reference: H. Hicks. 1873. On the Tremadoc rocks in the neighbourhood of St. David's, South Wales and their fossil contents. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 29(1):39-52
Belongs to Praenucula according to R. M. Carter 1971
See also Hicks 1873
Sister taxa: Praenucula abrupta, Praenucula albertina, Praenucula applanans, Praenucula bohemica, Praenucula costae, Praenucula dispar, Praenucula faba
Type specimen: IGSL 23234 1/77, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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