Bivalvia - Nuculanida

PaleoDB taxon number: 61453

Synonym: Ledidae Adams and Adams 1858 (taxon 71668)

Parent taxon: Nuculanoidea according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

Sister taxa: Cadomiidae, Isoarcidae, Malletiinae, Palaeoneilidae, Phaseolidae, Polidevciinae, Sareptidae, Saturnidae, Yoldiidae, Zealedidae

Subtaxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Clidophorus, Costelloleda, Dacromya, Eleganuculana, Ezonuculana, Hilgardia, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestia, Polidevcia, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranella, Veteranellinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder