Nuculana (Jupiteria) penderi Dall and Bartsch 1910 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Leda penderi, Nuculana penderi

Belongs to Nuculana (Jupiteria) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931

Sister taxa: Jupiteria (Surojupiteria), Jupiteria aipeia, Jupiteria cellulita, Jupiteria concava, Jupiteria solida, Jupiteria subtumida, Leda (Jupiteria) bowdenensis, 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) prisca, Nuculana (Jupiteria) totangiensis, Nuculana (Jupiteria) uawa, Epacroleda epacris

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nuculana (Jupiteria) penderi in the database

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