Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative spelling: Dacryomya
Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to M. Hautmann et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Anthracoleda, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costatoleda, Costelloleda, Ezonuculana, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestioidea, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranellinae, Clidophorus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Nucula lacryma
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (3), India (1), New Zealand (2), Portugal (9), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (8), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of China (4), Egypt (1), Papua New Guinea (2), the Russian Federation (18), the United Kingdom (1)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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