Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 2025. Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part IA: The protobranchs (Nuculidae, Sareptidae, Pristiglomidae). PaleoBios 42(4):1-29
Belongs to Ennucula according to C. S. Hickman 2025
Sister taxa: Ennucula aegeensis, Ennucula cardara, Ennucula colombiana, Ennucula convexa, Ennucula corbuloides, Ennucula cumingii, Ennucula dalmasi, Ennucula delphinodonta, Ennucula frigida, Ennucula grayi, Ennucula linki, Ennucula mirifica, Ennucula musculosa, Ennucula niponica, Ennucula nuculana, Ennucula obliqua, Ennucula puelcha, Ennucula siberutensis, Ennucula strangei, Ennucula superba, Ennucula tenisoni, Ennucula tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis
Type specimen: USNM 561822, a shell. Its type locality is Burn Road Bridge, Nehalem River, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of United States (7: Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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