Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: H. G. Kugler, P. Jung, and J. B. Saunders. 1984. The Joes River Formation of Barbados and its fauna. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):675-705
Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to H. G. Kugler et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Type specimen: NMB No. G 16972, a shell. Its type locality is Spa River West Branch, which is in a Priabonian marine siltstone in the Joe's River Formation of Barbados.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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