Nuculana grasslei Allen 1993 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Belongs to Nuculana according to Allen 1993

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Borissia), Nuculana (Costanuculana), Nuculana (Dacryomya), Nuculana (Nuculana), Nuculana (Politoleda), Nuculana (Praesaccella), Nuculana (Scaeoleda), Nuculana (Tenuileda), Nuculana (Thestyleda), Nuculana acuta, Nuculana acutilineata, Nuculana akidota, Nuculana alpina, Nuculana amygdaloides, Nuculana andrewi, Nuculana antarctirostrata, Nuculana asiatica, Nuculana biangulata, Nuculana chapmani, Nuculana coelatella, Nuculana concentrica, Nuculana cowlitzensis, Nuculana crassiparva, Nuculana cultellus, Nuculana cuneata, Nuculana curvirostris, Nuculana decora, Nuculana dewalquei, Nuculana doris, Nuculana elmana, Nuculana emarginata, Nuculana etheridgei, Nuculana excavata, Nuculana fluvilutea, Nuculana forcarti, Nuculana gnomon, Nuculana gracillima, Nuculana jamaicensis, Nuculana konishii, Nuculana liciata, Nuculana longifrons, Nuculana mariae, Nuculana miaocunensis, Nuculana minima, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana moriyai, Nuculana multilineata, Nuculana oxia, Nuculana oxyrhyncha, Nuculana parkei, Nuculana parva, Nuculana penita, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana posterolaevia, Nuculana probellula, Nuculana redondoensis, Nuculana rostellata, Nuculana rostratruncata, Nuculana semen, Nuculana semicrenulata, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana socialis, Nuculana spheniopsis, Nuculana sphenopsis, Nuculana thompsoni, Nuculana timorensis, Nuculana triangulata, Nuculana trivitate, Nuculana trumani, Nuculana undulostriata, Nuculana verrilliana, Nuculana vexillata, Nuculana virgo, Nuculana vitrea, Nuculana waterhousei, Nuculana wautebbeana, Nuculana wautubbeana, Nuculana waynensis, Nuculana whitmani, Nuculana willamettensis, Nuculana willetti, Nuculana zieteni, Leda wissmanniana, Leda decorata, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda obolella, Leda (Spinula), Leda borsoni, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda zelima, Leda nitida, Leda reussi, Leda transversa, Leda subquadrata, Leda minuta, Leda subtrigonalis, Leda crassiparva, Leda catasarca, Leda minuta, Leda cochlearella, Leda semistriata, Leda ingens, Leda radiata, Leda vaticani, Leda striatella, Leda pygmaea, Leda carolinensis, Leda lacryma, Leda leia, Leda gabrielis, Leda excavata, Leda coelata, Leda longifrons, Leda magna, Leda barranca, Leda houstonia, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda deffneri, Leda semenoides, Leda subtrigona, Leda elliptica, Leda caudata, Leda plana, Leda parkei, Leda magnopsis, Leda pistorupes, Leda projecta, Leda calcarensis, Leda opulenta, Leda sulcellata, Leda dijki, Leda becki, Leda zitteli, Leda claviformis, Leda trumani, Leda striatula, Leda whitfieldi, Leda schiavi, Leda polynominata, Leda scutula, Leda distincta, Leda wautubbeana, Leda vanuxemi, Leda alkiensis, Leda coelatoides, Leda bavarica, Leda renevieri, Leda kittensis, Leda discors, Leda semipolita, Leda (Lembulus), Leda rangei, Leda stewardi, Leda willamettensis, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda praeradiata, Leda truncata, Leda doris, Leda scalata, Leda (Leda), Leda glabra, Leda ozarkola, Crassoleda crassatelloides

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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