Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides Wilckens 1911 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Alternative combinations: Panopea (Panopea) nucleoides, Panopea nucleoides

Belongs to Mya (Arenomya) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

See also Pugaczewska 1984

Sister taxa: Mya (Arenomya) arenaria, Mya (Arenomya) arrosis, Mya (Arenomya) dickersoni, Mya (Arenomya) elegans, Mya (Arenomya) ezoensis, Mya (Arenomya) fujiei, Mya (Arenomya) grewingki, Mya (Arenomya) kusiroensis, Mya (Arenomya) marujamensis, Mya (Arenomya) profundior, Mya (Arenomya) ugolnensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (11)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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