Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Full reference: W. J. Foster, S. Danise, and R. J. Twitchett. 2017. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:851-877
Belongs to Nucinella according to W. J. Foster et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Nucinella alleni, Nucinella calabra, Nucinella chipolana, Nucinella cincta, Nucinella dalli, Nucinella dobergensis, Nucinella dumasi, Nucinella giribeti, Nucinella glabra, Nucinella glabrata, Nucinella gunteri, Nucinella hedleyi, Nucinella laevigata, Nucinella liasina, Nucinella maxima, Nucinella microdus, Nucinella miliaris, Nucinella moarianus, Nucinella nakremi, Nucinella oregona, Nucinella ovalina, Nucinella ovalis, Nucinella pissarroi, Nucinella seguenzai, Nucinella serrei, Nucinella svalbardensis, Nucinella viridula, Nucinella woodii, Neopleurodon subdolus, Nuculina pretiosa
Type specimen: NHMUK PI MB 1206, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is LD-04, Lusitaniadalen, which is in a Griesbachian marine siltstone in the Vikinghøgda Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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