Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Alternative combination: Cucullaea youngi
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Cucullaea (Idonearca) according to F. M. Anderson 1958
See also Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Cucullaea (Idonearca) alamoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) buttensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) calabaza, Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras, Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida, Cucullaea (Idonearca) grossaforma, Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi, Cucullaea (Idonearca) melhaseana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) muensteri, Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) tippana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona, Idonearca alabamensis, Idonearca capax, Idonearca carolinensis, Idonearca deserti, Idonearca littlei, Idonearca orientalis, Idonearca stephensoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chico area in Bell's Canyon north of Simi fault (Locality 2 of Waring 1917), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (28: California collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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