| Praenuculinae Temporal range: Ordovician - Devonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculida |
| Family: | †Praenuculidae |
| Subfamily: | †Praenuculinae Sánchez, 1999 |
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Praenuculinae is an extinct subfamily of prehistoric bivalves in the family Praenuculidae.[1] Praenuculinae species lived from the middle Ordovician through the late Devonian.[2][3][4] Praenuculinae fossils are found in Europe, Africa, North America and South America,[5] and species are thought to have been stationary attached to substrate in shallow infaunal marine water environments where they formed shells of an aragonite composition.[3] The subfamily Praenuculinae was named by Teresa M. Sánchez in 1999.[6]
- ^ Carter, J. G.; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1–47.
- ^ Moore, R. C.; Teichert, C. (1969). Bivalvia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. pp. N229–N230.
- ^ a b The Paleobiology Database Praenuculinae entry accessed 5 February 2012.
- ^ The Paleobiology Database Praenucula entry accessed 5 February 2012.
- ^ The Paleobiology Database Praenuculidae entry accessed 24 January 2012.
- ^ Sánchez, T. M. (1999). "New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera)". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (1): 66–76. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027554. JSTOR 1306745. S2CID 133414164.