Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculanidae
Alternative combination: Leda minuta
Synonyms: Leda minuta praecursor Arnold 1903, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor Arnold 1903, Nuculana praecursor Arnold 1903
Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Moore 1983 and Schenck 1945
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Type specimens:
- Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta: Its type locality is Col Rodella, Campitello (Muschelkalk Fm.), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy
- Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta praecursor:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Alaska, California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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