†Cucullaria tumescens Wood 1864 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combination: Arca tumescens
Belongs to Cucullaria according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
Sister taxa: Cucullaria coxi, Cucullaria cucullaris, Cucullaria darwini
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Division B2, Bursledon Brickworks (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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