Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1925. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Belongs to Leda (Jupiteria) according to W. P. Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Jupiteria (Surojupiteria), Jupiteria aipeia, Jupiteria cellulita, Jupiteria concava, Jupiteria solida, Jupiteria subtumida, Leda (Jupiteria) duerdeni, Nuculana (Jupiteria) asiatica, Nuculana (Jupiteria) delliana, Nuculana (Jupiteria) kapua, Nuculana (Jupiteria) karaka, Nuculana (Jupiteria) kouhaiensis, Nuculana (Jupiteria) leachi, Nuculana (Jupiteria) nugax, Nuculana (Jupiteria) penderi, Nuculana (Jupiteria) prisca, Nuculana (Jupiteria) totangiensis, Nuculana (Jupiteria) uawa, Epacroleda epacris
Subtaxa: Leda (Jupiteria) bowdenensis bowdenensis
Type specimen: USNM 352731, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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