Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Parent taxon: Nuculopsis according to Girty 1911
Sister taxa: Nuculopsis alta, Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides, Nuculopsis beyrichi, Nuculopsis cornutus, Nuculopsis croneisi, Nuculopsis darlingensis, Nuculopsis elongata, Nuculopsis fujianensis, Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis glendonensis, Nuculopsis glenparkensis, Nuculopsis houghtoni, Nuculopsis imperta, Nuculopsis leiyangensis, Nuculopsis lipoensis, Nuculopsis montpelierensis, Nuculopsis oviformis, Nuculopsis pidhensis, Nuculopsis poposiensis, Nuculopsis rectangula, Nuculopsis salebrosus, Nuculopsis setorymensis, Nuculopsis shumardana, Nuculopsis shumardensis, Nuculopsis triangularis, Nuculopsis trivialis, Nuculopsis wewokana, Nuculopsis wymmensis, Nuculopsis yangtzeensis, Nuculopsis yuani
Subtaxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis) orientalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Katsura, Kochi Prefecture (Permian of Japan)