Nucinella svalbardensis Hryniewicz et al. 2014 (Nut Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae

Full reference: K. Hryniewicz, C. T. Little, and H. A. Nakrem. 2014. Bivalves from the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep carbonates from central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3859(1):1-66

Belongs to Nucinella according to K. Hryniewicz et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Nucinella alleni, Nucinella calabra, Nucinella chipolana, Nucinella cincta, Nucinella dalli, Nucinella dobergensis, Nucinella dumasi, Nucinella giribeti, Nucinella glabra, Nucinella glabrata, Nucinella gunteri, Nucinella hedleyi, Nucinella laevigata, Nucinella liasina, Nucinella maxima, Nucinella microdus, Nucinella miliaris, Nucinella moarianus, Nucinella nakremi, Nucinella oregona, Nucinella ovalina, Nucinella ovalis, Nucinella pissarroi, Nucinella seguenzai, Nucinella serrei, Nucinella taylori, Nucinella viridula, Nucinella woodii, Nuculina pretiosa, Neopleurodon subdolus

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5 collections)

• Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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