Cucullaea laubei Broili 1904 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Full reference: F. Broili. 1904. Die Fauna Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alp (mit Ausschluss der Gastropoden und Cephalopoden). Palaeontographica 50:145-227

Belongs to Cucullaea according to F. Broili 1904

Sister taxa: Arca (Cucullaea) equilateralis, Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia, Cucullaea (Cucullastis), Cucullaea (Cucullona), Cucullaea (Cyphoxis), Cucullaea (Idonearca), Cucullaea (Latiarca), Cucullaea adelaidensis, Cucullaea alta, Cucullaea antarctica, Cucullaea auriculifera, Cucullaea chiemiensis, Cucullaea chilensis, Cucullaea cordiformis, Cucullaea corioensis, Cucullaea crassatina, Cucullaea eichwaldi, Cucullaea ellioti, Cucullaea equidens, Cucullaea erda, Cucullaea ewekoroensis, Cucullaea farsensis, Cucullaea freia, Cucullaea gabbi, Cucullaea gigantea, Cucullaea glabra, Cucullaea granulosa, Cucullaea haguei, Cucullaea harttii, Cucullaea increbescens, Cucullaea inermis, Cucullaea isolda, Cucullaea labiata, Cucullaea lirata, Cucullaea littlei, Cucullaea macerata, Cucullaea marshalli, Cucullaea mathewsonii, Cucullaea minchinhamptonensis, Cucullaea monodi, Cucullaea morani, Cucullaea multicostata, Cucullaea nipponica, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea pachygastris, Cucullaea pamotanensis, Cucullaea patagonensis, Cucullaea perijana, Cucullaea ponderosa, Cucullaea scrivenori, Cucullaea seisiana, Cucullaea sindangbaranensis, Cucullaea striatiumbonata, Cucullaea subglabra, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea tschapitana, Cucullaea worthingtoni, Cucullea auingeri, Cucullea polyglypha, Cucullea rugosa, Idonearca deatsvillensis, Idonearca kingsensis, Idonearca murrayi, Idonearca powersi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm, which is in a Longobardian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm

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