Eleganuculana nyeruensis Chen and Yang 1983 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Belongs to Eleganuculana according to J. H. Chen et al. 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 56526. Its type locality is Nyeru River Section, Kangmar County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Unnamed Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nyeru River Section, Kangmar County

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