Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combinations: Nuculana astoriana, Yoldia (Portlandia) astoriana
Synonym: Nucula impressa Conrad 1849 [replaced name]
Belongs to Litorhadia according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Coan et al. 2000, Durham 1944, Gabb 1869, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 2002 and Moore 1963
Sister taxa: Calorhadia (Litorhadia) acala, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) bastropensis, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) compsa, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) evanescentior, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) lisbonensis, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) mater, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) santaanai, Litorhadia buenoi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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