Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Alternative combination: Nuculina laevigata
Belongs to Nucinella according to H. E. Vokes 1956
See also Glibert 1975
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 liasina, Nucinella maxima, Nucinella microdus, Nucinella miliaris, Nucinella moarianus, Nucinella nakremi, Nucinella oregona, Nucinella ovalina, Nucinella ovalis, Nucinella pissarroi, Nucinella seguenzai, Nucinella serrei, Nucinella svalbardensis, Nucinella taylori, Nucinella viridula, Nucinella woodii, Neopleurodon subdolus, Nuculina pretiosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Wemmel Sands (Sables d'Wemmel) - Bruxelles Formation (Eocene of Belgium)
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