Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative spelling: Glyptoleda
Full reference: H. O. Fletcher. 1945. A new genus Glyptoleda and a revision of the genus Nuculana from the Permian of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 21(6):293-312
Parent taxon: Veteranella according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Veteranella (Ledoides), Veteranella (Nucundata), Veteranella jinjiensis, Veteranella reidi, Veteranella strenua
Subtaxa: Glyptoleda (Menucula) Glyptoleda borealica Glyptoleda coleyi Glyptoleda flexuosa Glyptoleda glomerata Glyptoleda intricata Glyptoleda javesi Glyptoleda parenica Glyptoleda reidi Glyptoleda simplicata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian of Australia (22), Nepal (1), New Zealand (6), the Russian Federation (11)
Total: 41 collections including 50 occurrences