Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1970. The type Fox Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maestrichtian), South Dakota Part 2. Systematics of the Bivalvia. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 33:1-222
Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to I. G. Speden 1970
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Type specimen: YPM 23985, a valve (a left valve and matching external mould)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (5: California, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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