Cucullaea (Idonearca) grossaforma Hertlein 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Alternative combination: Cucullaea grossaforma

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1929. Three new specific names for west American fossil Mollusca. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):295-297

Belongs to Cucullaea (Idonearca) according to F. M. Anderson 1958

See also Hertlein 1929

Sister taxa: Cucullaea (Idonearca) alamoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) buttensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) calabaza, Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras, Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida, Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi, Cucullaea (Idonearca) melhaseana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) muensteri, Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) tippana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona, Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi, Idonearca alabamensis, Idonearca capax, Idonearca carolinensis, Idonearca deserti, Idonearca littlei, Idonearca orientalis, Idonearca stephensoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cucullaea (Idonearca) grossaforma in the database

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