Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Nucula (Nucula) exigua, Nucula exigua
Synonyms: Nucula paytensis Adams 1856, Nucula suprastriata Arnold 1903
Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Keen 1971, Moore 1983, Willett 1937 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, 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:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections), United States (21: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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