Leionucula Quenstedt 1930 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative spelling: Nucula (Leionucula)

Invalid subtaxa: Ennucula (Lissanucula) Woodring 1973, Lissanucula Woodring 1973, Nucula (Nuculopsis) Woodring 1925 [replaced name], Nuculopsis Woodring 1925 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to A. Kaim et al. 2014

See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Coan et al. 2000, Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986, Eames 1951, Frassinetti 1997, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Malumian et al. 1978, Moore 1976, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Stilwell 1993, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Stilwell et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1973

Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculinae, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula

Subtaxa: Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli 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) subaraucana Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi Nucula cunifrons

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), Belgium (5), Chile (5), Jamaica (1), Panama (7), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (3), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (7), Chile (3), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (8), Slovakia (1), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (3), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (7: California, Oregon)

• Eocene of Antarctica (5), Argentina (3), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (4)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (18), Argentina (22), Denmark (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (3)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7), Argentina (3), Chile (1), France (2), India (3), Japan (8), Lebanon (1), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (48: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of United States (2: California)

Total: 226 collections including 246 occurrences

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