Acila (Acila) mirabilis Adams and Reeve 1850 (divaricate nutclam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Acila mirabilis, Nucula mirabilis

Belongs to Acila (Acila) according to M. Huber 2010

See also Nagao 1928 and Rosenberg et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Acila (Acila) brevis, Acila (Acila) divaricata, Acila (Acila) gettysburgensis, Acila (Acila) isthmica, Acila (Acila) kholmskensis, Acila (Acila) praedivaricata, Acila (Acila) semirostrata, Acila (Acila) shimoyamai, Acila (Acila) submirabilis, Acila (Acila) vigilia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Futatsu-numa Sand, Taga Group (Pliocene of Japan)

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