†Nucundata obliqua Waterhouse 1964 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Palaeotaxodont bivalves from the Permian of New Zealand. Palaeontology 7(4):630-655
Belongs to Nucundata according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Waterhouse 1980
Sister taxa: Nucundata cuiluanensis, Nucundata prolonga, Nucundata truncata, Nucundata undata
Type specimen: NZGS TM3440. Its type locality is GS6072, Letham Burn (D44/f9623), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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