†Praenucula costae Sharpe 1853 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula costae, Praeleda costae
Belongs to Praenucula according to C Babin and J C Gutiérrez-Marco 1991
See also Bradshaw 1970 and Sharpe 1853
Sister taxa: Praenucula abrupta, Praenucula albertina, Praenucula applanans, Praenucula bohemica, Praenucula dispar, Praenucula faba, Praenucula menapiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Morocco (1 collection), Portugal (3), Spain (5)
• Ordovician of Spain (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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