Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: D. Frassinetti. 1997. Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guafo, Sur de Chile. Part 1. Bivalvia. BoletÃn del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 46:55-79
Belongs to Nucula (Leionucula) according to D. Frassinetti 1997
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) palmeri, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Type specimen: SGO.PI.5671, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chile (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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