Nucula (Ennucula) docilis Olsson 1964 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Belongs to Nucula (Ennucula) according to A. A. Olsson 1964

Sister taxa: Ennucula aegeensis, Ennucula cardara, Ennucula colombiana, Ennucula convexa, Ennucula corbuloides, Ennucula cumingii, Ennucula dalmasi, Ennucula delphinodonta, Ennucula frigida, Ennucula grayi, Ennucula linki, Ennucula mirifica, Ennucula musculosa, Ennucula niponica, Ennucula nuculana, Ennucula obliqua, Ennucula puelcha, Ennucula siberutensis, Ennucula strangei, Ennucula superba, Ennucula tenisoni, Ennucula tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu

Type specimen: USNM 643789

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Punta Gorda [Esmeraldas Fm] (Pliocene of Ecuador)

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