Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula vieta
Synonym: Nucula venezuelana Weisbord 1964
Belongs to Nucula (Nucula) according to W. P. Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Nucula (Nucula) archiaci, Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata, Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis, Nucula (Nucula) capayensis, Nucula (Nucula) cascadensis, 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) tenuisculpta, Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, Nucula (Nucula) vitis, Nucula (Nucula) zophos, Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2 collections), Venezuela (7)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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