Synonym: Nevadatubulus Signor and Mount 1987
Parent taxon: Cloudinidae according to B. Yang et al. 2020
See also Grant 1990, Hahn and Pflug 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Vinn et al. 2025 and Zhuravlev et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Acuticloudina, Conotubus, Costatubus, Rajatubulus, Saarina, Shaanxilithes, Sinotubulites, Wyattia, Zuunia
Subtaxa: Cloudina carinata Cloudina hartmanae Cloudina hartmannae Cloudina lucianoi Cloudina ningqiangensis Cloudina xuanjiangpingensis
Type: Cloudina hartmannae
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Namibia (1 collection)
• Vendian of Brazil (1)
• Ediacaran of Brazil (10), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (7), Iran (3), Mexico (2), Namibia (7), Oman (2), Paraguay (4), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (4), Spain (3), United States (9: California, Nevada)
Total: 56 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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