Costinuculana Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa, A. A. Abdelhady, and F. T. Fürsich. 2017. Costinuculana magharensis n. gen. n. sp. (Bivalvia, Nuculanidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Gebel Maghara, North Sinai, Egypt. Journal of Paleontology 91(3):434-443

Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Eleganuculana, Girtyana, Hilgardia, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Xiaoshuiculana, Zealeda

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Costinuculana in the database

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