Nuculana oxyrhyncha Philippi 1887 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Leda oxyrhyncha

Belongs to Nuculana according to A. Gazdzicki and H. Pugaczewska 1984

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Borissia), Nuculana (Costanuculana), Nuculana (Dacryomya), Nuculana (Nuculana), Nuculana (Politoleda), Nuculana (Praesaccella), Nuculana (Scaeoleda), Nuculana (Tenuileda), Nuculana (Thestyleda), Nuculana acuta, Nuculana acutilineata, Nuculana akidota, Nuculana alpina, Nuculana amygdaloides, Nuculana andrewi, Nuculana antarctirostrata, Nuculana asiatica, Nuculana biangulata, Nuculana chapmani, Nuculana coelatella, Nuculana concentrica, Nuculana cowlitzensis, Nuculana crassiparva, Nuculana cultellus, Nuculana cuneata, Nuculana curvirostris, Nuculana decora, Nuculana dewalquei, Nuculana doris, Nuculana elmana, Nuculana emarginata, Nuculana etheridgei, Nuculana excavata, Nuculana fluvilutea, Nuculana forcarti, Nuculana gnomon, Nuculana gracillima, Nuculana grasslei, Nuculana jamaicensis, Nuculana konishii, Nuculana liciata, Nuculana longifrons, Nuculana mariae, Nuculana miaocunensis, Nuculana minima, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana moriyai, Nuculana multilineata, Nuculana oxia, Nuculana parkei, Nuculana parva, Nuculana penita, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana posterolaevia, Nuculana probellula, Nuculana redondoensis, Nuculana rostellata, Nuculana rostratruncata, Nuculana semen, Nuculana semicrenulata, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana socialis, Nuculana spheniopsis, Nuculana sphenopsis, Nuculana thompsoni, Nuculana timorensis, Nuculana triangulata, Nuculana trivitate, Nuculana trumani, Nuculana undulostriata, Nuculana verrilliana, Nuculana vexillata, Nuculana virgo, Nuculana vitrea, Nuculana waterhousei, Nuculana wautebbeana, Nuculana wautubbeana, Nuculana waynensis, Nuculana whitmani, Nuculana willamettensis, Nuculana willetti, Nuculana zieteni, Crassoleda crassatelloides, Leda calcarensis, Leda borsoni, Leda zitteli, Leda parkei, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda willamettensis, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda dijki, Leda reussi, Leda semipolita, Leda polynominata, Leda schiavi, Leda subtrigona, Leda vanuxemi, Leda (Spinula), Leda caudata, Leda crassiparva, Leda (Lembulus), Leda discors, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda rangei, Leda coelata, Leda zelima, Leda decorata, Leda truncata, Leda subtrigonalis, Leda whitfieldi, Leda excavata, Leda semistriata, Leda minuta, Leda pygmaea, Leda ingens, Leda lacryma, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda renevieri, Leda elliptica, Leda gabrielis, Leda striatula, Leda barranca, Leda projecta, Leda cochlearella, Leda coelatoides, Leda claviformis, Leda scutula, Leda radiata, Leda plana, Leda houstonia, Leda glabra, Leda carolinensis, Leda becki, Leda trumani, Leda stewardi, Leda deffneri, Leda wautubbeana, Leda distincta, Leda subquadrata, Leda (Leda), Leda magnopsis, Leda longifrons, Leda praeradiata, Leda sulcellata, Leda leia, Leda magna, Leda ozarkola, Leda wissmanniana, Leda doris, Leda striatella, Leda opulenta, Leda kittensis, Leda catasarca, Leda obolella, Leda bavarica, Leda minuta, Leda pistorupes, Leda nitida, Leda semenoides, Leda scalata, Leda transversa, Leda alkiensis, Leda vaticani

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Profile 3; Layer 1 - Gazdzicki and Halina (1984) (Pliocene of Antarctica)

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