Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula suboblonga
Synonyms: Leionucula poyaensis Freneix 1958, Nuculoma (Palaeonucula) poyaensis Freneix 1958
Belongs to Nucula (Leionucula) according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
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) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Type specimens:
- Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga: MO 1424a
- Leionucula poyaensis:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (15), Argentina (20)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (5), Argentina (3)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
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