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†Nuculana (Jupiteria) prisca Deshayes 1858 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Leda (Lembulus) prisca, Leda prisca

Belongs to Nuculana (Jupiteria) according to L. E. Le Renard 1990

Sister taxa: Jupiteria (Surojupiteria), Jupiteria aipeia, Jupiteria cellulita, Jupiteria concava, Jupiteria solida, Jupiteria subtumida, Leda (Jupiteria) bowdenensis, Leda (Jupiteria) duerdeni, Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica, Nuculana (Jupiteria) delliana, Nuculana (Jupiteria) kapua, Nuculana (Jupiteria) karaka, Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis, Nuculana (Jupiteria) leachi, Nuculana (Jupiteria) nugax, Nuculana (Jupiteria) penderi, Nuculana (Jupiteria) scitula, Nuculana (Jupiteria) totangiensis, Nuculana (Jupiteria) uawa, Epacroleda epacris

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Up Nately, Hampshire, UK (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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