Zealeda Marwick 1924 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Costinuculana, Eleganuculana, Girtyana, Hilgardia, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Xiaoshuiculana

Subtaxa: Zealeda concentrica Zealeda inflatella

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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