†Eleganuculana Chen and Yang 1983 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017
See also Chen et al. 1983, Fang et al. 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Costinuculana, Girtyana, Hilgardia, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Xiaoshuiculana, Zealeda
Subtaxa: Eleganuculana nyeruensis
Type: Eleganuculana nyeruensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Nyeru River Section, Kangmar County (Triassic of China)
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