Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Alternative combination: Cucullaea carolinensis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1876. Notes on American Cretaceous Fossils with Descriptions of Some New Species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:276-324
Belongs to Idonearca according to W. M. Gabb 1876
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, Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi, Idonearca alabamensis, Idonearca capax, Idonearca deserti, Idonearca littlei, Idonearca orientalis, Idonearca stephensoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: Mississippi, North Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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