Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula tenisoni
Synonym: Nucula tumida Tenison Woods 1877 [replaced name]
Belongs to Ennucula according to T. A. Darragh 1970
See also Tate 1886
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 nuculana, Ennucula obliqua, Ennucula puelcha, Ennucula siberutensis, Ennucula strangei, Ennucula superba, Ennucula tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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