Silicula Jeffreys 1879 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Phaseolidae

Synonym: Radiidens Egorova and Starobogatov 1975

Parent taxon: Siliculidae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Mikkelsen 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Silicula alleni Silicula fragilis Silicula sandersi

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Type: Silicula fragilis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Silicula in the database

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