Austrocucullaea Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister and C. E. Macellari. 1988. Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Memoirs 253-284

Parent taxon: Arcidae according to W. J. Zinsmeister and C. E. Macellari 1988

Sister taxa: Ambrogia, Anadarinae, Angulararca, Arcinae, Asperarca, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Bentharca, Coraliarca, Fugleria, Karasuarca, Kikaiarca, Litharcinae, Noetiinae, Palestinarca, Quadrilatera, Rostarca

Subtaxa: Austrocucullaea oliveroi

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Type: Austrocucullaea oliveroi

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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