Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula (Ennucula) nuculana, Tellina (Moerella) nuculana, Tellina nuculana
Synonym: Nucula washingtonensis Weaver 1916
Belongs to Ennucula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Etherington 1931, Moore 1963, Weaver 1942 and Weaver 1916
Sister taxa: Ennucula aegeensis, Ennucula cardara, Ennucula colombiana, Ennucula convexa, Ennucula corbuloides, Ennucula cumingii, Ennucula dalmasi, Ennucula delphinodonta, Ennucula frigida, Ennucula grayi, Ennucula linki, Ennucula mirifica, Ennucula musculosa, Ennucula niponica, Ennucula obliqua, Ennucula puelcha, Ennucula siberutensis, Ennucula strangei, Ennucula superba, Ennucula tenisoni, Ennucula tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis
Type specimens:
- Ennucula nuculana: USNM 3529a, a shell
- Nucula washingtonensis:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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