Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta Goldfuss 1837 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combination: Nucula comta

Synonyms: Nucula cilleborgensis Ravn 1907, Nucula praemissa Semper 1861

Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm 2008

See also Islamoglu and Taner 1995

Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua, Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) sculpturata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) trigonica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Denmark (2), Hungary (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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