Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Belongs to Leionucula according to K. Lamprell and J. Healy 1998
Sister taxa: Leionucula albensis, Leionucula astricta, Leionucula ehrlichi, Leionucula gabbi, Leionucula laevigata, Leionucula palaioanaxea, Leionucula proava, Leionucula punjabensis, Leionucula rakhiensis, Nucula (Leionucula) barrosi, Nucula (Leionucula) birchi, Nucula (Leionucula) grandis, Nucula (Leionucula) hunickeni, Nucula (Leionucula) mozambensis, Nucula (Leionucula) nova, Nucula (Leionucula) palmeri, Nucula (Leionucula) patagonica, Nucula (Leionucula) postangulata, Nucula (Leionucula) subaraucana, Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga, Nucula (Leionucula) vokesi, Nucula cunifrons, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leionucula superba in the database
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