Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula carlottensis, Nucula charlottensis
Synonyms: Nucula (Lamellinucula) keenae Bernard 1983, Nucula (Lamellinucula) takashii Bernard 1983
Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Huber 2010
Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua, Nucula (Lamellinucula) hartvigiana, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) kennedyi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) sculpturata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) tamatavica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) trigonica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fossil Hill, Santa Monica Bay area (Quaternary of California)
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