Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. Late Eocene Bivalves (Mollusca) from the La Meseta Formation, collected during the joint Argentine-American expedition to Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1497-1527
Belongs to Nucula (Leionucula) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992
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) nova, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Type specimen: USNM 365474, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at La Meseta Fm Telm 3 (Eocene of Antarctica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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