Nuculana rostratruncata Gardner 1916 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Leda rostratruncata, Nuculana rostrotruncata

Belongs to Nuculana according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Borissia), Nuculana (Costanuculana), Nuculana (Dacryomya), Nuculana (Nuculana), Nuculana (Politoleda), Nuculana (Praesaccella), Nuculana (Scaeoleda), Nuculana (Tenuileda), Nuculana (Thestyleda), Nuculana acuta, Nuculana acutilineata, Nuculana akidota, Nuculana alpina, Nuculana andrewi, Nuculana antarctirostrata, Nuculana asiatica, Nuculana biangulata, Nuculana chapmani, Nuculana coelatella, Nuculana concentrica, Nuculana cowlitzensis, Nuculana crassiparva, Nuculana cultellus, Nuculana cuneata, Nuculana curvirostris, Nuculana decora, Nuculana dewalquei, Nuculana doris, Nuculana elmana, Nuculana emarginata, Nuculana etheridgei, Nuculana excavata, Nuculana fluvilutea, Nuculana forcarti, Nuculana gnomon, Nuculana gracillima, Nuculana grasslei, Nuculana jamaicensis, Nuculana konishii, Nuculana liciata, Nuculana longifrons, Nuculana mariae, Nuculana miaocunensis, Nuculana minima, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana moriyai, Nuculana multilineata, Nuculana oxia, Nuculana oxyrhyncha, Nuculana parkei, Nuculana parva, Nuculana penita, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana posterolaevia, Nuculana probellula, Nuculana redondoensis, Nuculana rostellata, Nuculana semen, Nuculana semicrenulata, Nuculana smithvillensis, Nuculana socialis, Nuculana spheniopsis, Nuculana sphenopsis, Nuculana thompsoni, Nuculana timorensis, Nuculana triangulata, Nuculana trivitate, Nuculana trumani, Nuculana undulostriata, Nuculana verrilliana, Nuculana vexillata, Nuculana virgo, Nuculana vitrea, Nuculana waterhousei, Nuculana wautebbeana, Nuculana wautubbeana, Nuculana waynensis, Nuculana whitmani, Nuculana willamettensis, Nuculana willetti, Nuculana zieteni, Crassoleda crassatelloides, Leda ozarkola, Leda nitida, Leda rangei, Leda pygmaea, Leda opulenta, Leda magna, Leda crassiparva, Leda renevieri, Leda zitteli, Leda cochlearella, Leda trumani, Leda parkei, Leda glabra, Leda wautubbeana, Leda subtrigonalis, Leda oxyrhyncha, Leda excavata, Leda magnopsis, Leda obolella, Leda semenoides, Leda (Lembulus), Leda polynominata, Leda willamettensis, Leda whitfieldi, Leda semistriata, Leda striatula, Leda vanuxemi, Leda houstonia, Leda kittensis, Leda doris, Leda vaticani, Leda lacryma, Leda haunsbergensis, Leda catasarca, Leda scutula, Leda plana, Leda siegsdorfensis, Leda borsoni, Leda distincta, Leda barranca, Leda caudata, Leda coelatoides, Leda radiata, Leda becki, Leda minuta, Leda striatella, Leda subtrigona, Leda transversa, Leda (Leda), Leda leia, Leda claviformis, Leda carolinensis, Leda zelima, Leda gabrielis, Leda stewardi, Leda pistorupes, Leda elliptica, Leda projecta, Leda wissmanniana, Leda sulcellata, Leda bavarica, Leda subquadrata, Nucula (Leda) subzelima, Leda schiavi, Leda deffneri, Leda scalata, Leda reussi, Leda dijki, Leda coelata, Leda discors, Leda praeradiata, Leda longifrons, Leda calcarensis, Leda minuta, Leda alkiensis, Leda ingens, Leda decorata, Leda (Spinula), Leda semipolita

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (27: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Texas collections)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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