Nucula cunifrons Conrad 1860 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Leionucula cuneifrons, Nucula cuneifrons

Belongs to Leionucula according to

See also Wingard and Sohl 1990

Sister taxa: Leionucula albensis, Leionucula astricta, Leionucula ehrlichi, Leionucula gabbi, Leionucula laevigata, Leionucula palaioanaxea, Leionucula punjabensis, Leionucula rakhiensis, Leionucula superba, 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, Ennucula (Lissanucula) hilli

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (38: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas collections)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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