Acila plura Olsson 1931 (divaricate nutclam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Acila according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Acila (Acila), Acila (Truncacila), Acila nehalemensis, Acila paita, Nucula (Acila) ermanni, Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis, Nucula (Acila) mirabilis, Nucula (Acila) nelsoni, Nucula (Acila) packardi, Nucula (Acila) pugetensis, Nucula (Acila) yakatagensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acila plura in the database

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