Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 441589, a shell. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 3, which is in a Ypresian delta plain sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at La Meseta Fm Telm 3

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