Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula shumardana, Nucula shumardiana
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Belongs to Nuculopsis according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1989
See also Cummings and Beede 1906, Girty 1915, Hall 1856 and Whitfield 1882
Sister taxa: Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis), 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 shumardensis, Nuculopsis triangularis, Nuculopsis trivialis, Nuculopsis wewokana, Nuculopsis wymmensis, Nuculopsis yangtzeensis, Nuculopsis yuani
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (5: Alaska, Arkansas, Ohio)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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