Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata Clark 1918 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Leda elongorostrata

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata

Type specimen: UCMP 11206

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata in the database

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