Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Belongs to Nucinella according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
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 ovalis, Nucinella pissarroi, Nucinella seguenzai, Nucinella serrei, Nucinella svalbardensis, Nucinella taylori, Nucinella viridula, Nucinella woodii, Nuculina pretiosa, Neopleurodon subdolus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jonchery-sur-Vesle, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial sandstone in the Châlons-sur-Vesle Formation of France
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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