Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula nova
Belongs to Nucula (Leionucula) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992
See also Zinsmeister 1984
Sister taxa: Leionucula albensis, Leionucula astricta, Leionucula ehrlichi, Leionucula gabbi, Leionucula laevigata, Leionucula palaioanaxea, Leionucula punjabensis, Leionucula rakhiensis, Leionucula superba, Nucula (Leionucula) barrosi, Nucula (Leionucula) birchi, Nucula (Leionucula) grandis, Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni, Nucula (Leionucula) mozambensis, Nucula (Leionucula) palmeri, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Type specimen: MO 1970, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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