†Minormalletia nasuta Marwick 1931 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: J. A. Marwick. 1931. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177
Belongs to Minormalletia according to J. A. Marwick 1931
See also Fleming 1966
Sister taxa: Malletia abrupta, Malletia chilensis, Malletia galatheae, Malletia leanzai, Malletia sabrina, Malletia tsubetsuensis, Perissonota littlei, Perissonota protexta, Solenella transversa, Solenella subaequalis, Pseudomalletia obtusa, Minormalletia simia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at N141/f726 - Te Aute (Southland Series) (Miocene of New Zealand)
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