Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Acila demessa
Invalid subtaxa: Leda truncata Gabb 1864 [replaced name], Nucula (Acila) truncata Gabb 1864 [replaced name], Nucula truncata Gabb 1864 [replaced name]
Belongs to Acila (Truncacila) according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2006
See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Hendy et al. 2008, Schenck 1936, Stewart 1930 and Turner 1894
Sister taxa: Acila (Truncacila) allisoni, Acila (Truncacila) bellula, Acila (Truncacila) bivirgata, Acila (Truncacila) blancoensis, Acila (Truncacila) castrensis, Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae, Acila (Truncacila) conradi, Acila (Truncacila) dalli, Acila (Truncacila) decisa, Acila (Truncacila) galinae, Acila (Truncacila) grahami, Acila (Truncacila) haidana, Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis, Acila (Truncacila) jucunda, Acila (Truncacila) moneronica, Acila (Truncacila) muta, Acila (Truncacila) nagaoi, Acila (Truncacila) nehalemensis, Acila (Truncacila) osugii, Acila (Truncacila) princeps, Acila (Truncacila) rosaria, Acila (Truncacila) schencki, Acila (Truncacila) shumardi, Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections), United States (42: California)
Total: 44 collections including 45 occurrences
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