Notonucula cuspidis Bradshaw and McCartan 1991 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: M. A. Bradshaw and L. McCartan. 1991. Palaeoecology and systematics of Early Devonian bivalves from the Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica. Alcheringa 15(1):1-42

Belongs to Notonucula according to M. A. Bradshaw and L. McCartan 1991

Sister taxon: Notonucula demissa

Type specimen: USNM 398411. Its type locality is Horlick Formation lithofacies 7, which is in a Devonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Horlick Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Horlick Formation lithofacies 7

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