Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata Couthouy 1838 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Nucula tenuisulcata, Nuculana tenuisulcata

Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Richards 1962

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection), United States (3: Maine)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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