Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Acila castrensis, Nucula (Acila) castrensis, Nucula castrensis
Synonyms: Acila (Truncacila) beringiana Slodkevisch 1967, Acila (Truncacila) empirensis Howe 1922, Acila empirensis Howe 1922, Nucula lyalli Baird 1863
Belongs to Acila (Truncacila) according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Ashley 1895, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Faustman 1964, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Keen and Bentson 1944, Kern 1973, Moore 1983, Schenck 1936 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Acila (Truncacila) allisoni, Acila (Truncacila) bellula, Acila (Truncacila) bivirgata, Acila (Truncacila) blancoensis, Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae, Acila (Truncacila) conradi, Acila (Truncacila) dalli, Acila (Truncacila) decisa, Acila (Truncacila) demessa, 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) osugii, Acila (Truncacila) princeps, Acila (Truncacila) rosaria, Acila (Truncacila) schencki, Acila (Truncacila) shumardi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (38: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (6: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1), United States (5: Alaska)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
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