Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula barrosi
Belongs to Nucula (Leionucula) according to D. Frassinetti 1997
Sister taxa: Leionucula albensis, Leionucula astricta, Leionucula ehrlichi, Leionucula gabbi, Leionucula laevigata, Leionucula palaioanaxea, Leionucula punjabensis, Leionucula rakhiensis, Leionucula superba, 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, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 6 - Guafo Island (Pliocene of Chile)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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