Cucullaria tumescens Wood 1864 (clam)

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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