Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 277696
Full reference: J. H. Chen, L. Liu, and X. Lan. 1983. Veteranellinae, a new subfamily of Nuculanidae (Bivalvia), with the classificatory significance of ornamentations in Palaeotaxodonta. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:616-627
Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to Z. J. Fang et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costelloleda, Dacromya, Eleganuculana, Ezonuculana, Hilgardia, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestia, Polidevcia, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranella, Clidophorus
Subtaxa: Qiongzhounia, Xiaoshuiculana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder