Australoportlandia antarctica Zinsmeister 1984 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. Late Eocene Bivalves (Mollusca) from the La Meseta Formation, collected during the joint Argentine-American expedition to Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1497-1527

Belongs to Australoportlandia according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 365479, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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