Xiaoshuiculana elegansa Li and Li 1977 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Reticulana elegansa

Belongs to Xiaoshuiculana according to J. H. Chen 1983

Sister taxon: Xiaoshuiculana tozeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xiaoshui, Lechang County, which is in a Norian marine siliciclastic in the Xiaoshui Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiaoshui, Lechang County

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