Nucula (Palaeonucula) putiensis Marwick 1953 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21

Belongs to Nucula (Palaeonucula) according to J. Marwick 1953

Sister taxa: Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis, Nuculopsis (Palaeonucula) waltoni, Palaeonucula aldanensis, Palaeonucula biacuta, Palaeonucula hammeri, Palaeonucula lunulata, Palaeonucula misolensis, Palaeonucula navis, Palaeonucula prisca, Palaeonucula qingyanensis, Palaeonucula qujiangensis, Palaeonucula strigilata, Palaeonucula subobliqua, Palaeonucula subrotundata, Palaeonucula tulongensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at R15/f8026 - Kawhia Harbour (Jurassic of New Zealand)

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