Nuculana (Praesaccella) ovum Sowerby 1825 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Dacryomya ovum, Nucula ovum

Belongs to Nuculana (Praesaccella) according to M. Aberhan 1998

See also Watson 1982

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (8 collections), Canada (4: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (9), Greenland (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (23)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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