Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula tenuisculpta
Belongs to Nucula (Nucula) according to W. P. Woodring 1973
See also Maury 1917 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Nucula (Nucula) archiaci, Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata, Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis, Nucula (Nucula) capayensis, Nucula (Nucula) cooperi, Nucula (Nucula) cromata, Nucula (Nucula) declivis, Nucula (Nucula) donaciformis, Nucula (Nucula) fragilis, Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi, Nucula (Nucula) magnifica, Nucula (Nucula) mariae, Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis, Nucula (Nucula) mediavia, Nucula (Nucula) mirada, Nucula (Nucula) mixta, Nucula (Nucula) nitidula, Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis, Nucula (Nucula) nucleus, Nucula (Nucula) ovula, Nucula (Nucula) profundorum, Nucula (Nucula) proxima, Nucula (Nucula) schencki, Nucula (Nucula) sericea, Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis, Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis, Nucula (Nucula) sulcata, Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, Nucula (Nucula) vieta, Nucula (Nucula) vitis, Nucula (Nucula) zophos, Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii
Type specimen: ANSP 2656, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Mexico (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Panama (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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