Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculanidae
Full reference: R. Marquet, J. Lenaerts, and J. Laporte. 2012. A Systematic Study of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Grimmertingen Sand Member and from the Klimmen Member (Early Oligocene) in Belgium and The Netherlands. Palaeontos 22:1 -122
Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to R. Marquet et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Anthracoleda, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costatoleda, Dacromya, Ezonuculana, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculana gabbii, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestioidea, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranellinae, Clidophorus
Subtaxa: Striatonuculana costulata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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