Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula (Nuculopsis) hilli
Belongs to Ennucula (Lissanucula) according to W. P. Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Leionucula albensis, Leionucula astricta, Leionucula ehrlichi, Leionucula gabbi, Leionucula laevigata, Leionucula palaioanaxea, Leionucula punjabensis, Leionucula rakhiensis, Leionucula superba, Nucula (Leionucula) barrosi, Nucula (Leionucula) birchi, Nucula (Leionucula) grandis, Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni, Nucula (Leionucula) mozambensis, Nucula (Leionucula) nova, Nucula (Leionucula) palmeri, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons
Type specimen: USNM 352728, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)
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