Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Acila gettysburgensis, Nucula (Acila) gettysburgensis
Belongs to Acila (Acila) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Clark 1918, Durham 1944, Moore 1963, Moore 1984 and Tegland 1933
Sister taxa: Acila (Acila) brevis, Acila (Acila) divaricata, Acila (Acila) isthmica, Acila (Acila) kholmskensis, Acila (Acila) mirabilis, Acila (Acila) praedivaricata, Acila (Acila) semirostrata, Acila (Acila) shimoyamai, Acila (Acila) submirabilis, Acila (Acila) vigilia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Alaska, Oregon collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (18: Alaska, Washington)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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