Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis, Nucula navis

Belongs to Palaeonucula according to J. H. Chen 1982

See also Melville 1956

Sister taxa: Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis, Nucula (Palaeonucula) putiensis, Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni, Palaeonucula aldanensis, Palaeonucula biacuta, Palaeonucula hammeri, Palaeonucula lunulata, Palaeonucula misolensis, Palaeonucula prisca, Palaeonucula qingyanensis, Palaeonucula qujiangensis, Palaeonucula strigilata, Palaeonucula subobliqua, Palaeonucula subrotundata, Palaeonucula tulongensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (29)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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