Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula (Nucula) semiornata, Nucula semiornata
Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to M. Huber 2010
See also Clavijo et al. 2005, da Silva Forti 1969 and del Rio 1992
Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua, Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) sculpturata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) trigonica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Uruguay (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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