Nucundata prolonga Waterhouse 1964 (pointed nut clam)

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 1964

Sister taxa: Nucundata cuiluanensis, Nucundata obliqua, Nucundata truncata, Nucundata undata

Type specimen: NZGS TM3470. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622)

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