Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula (Nucula) iphigenia, Nucula iphigenia
Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Keen 1971 and Olsson 1942
Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua, Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, 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
Subtaxa: Nucula iphigenia azulensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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