Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combinations: Arca tenuis, Nucula (Nucula) tenuis, Nucula tenuis
Synonyms: Leionucula ovatotruncata Scarlato 1981, Nucula (Ennucula) balboana Hertlein and Grant 1972, Nucula (Ennucula) microsperma Berry 1947, Nucula (Leionucula) balboana Hertlein and Grant 1972, Nucula (Leionucula) leptodonta Bernard 1983, Nucula bellotii Adams 1856, Nucula expansa Reeve 1855, Nucula quirica Dall 1916, Nuculoma belloti Adams 1856, Nuculoma bellotii Adams 1856
Belongs to Ennucula according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy et al. 2008, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Moore 1983, Richards 1962 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Ennucula aegeensis, Ennucula cardara, Ennucula colombiana, Ennucula convexa, Ennucula corbuloides, Ennucula cumingii, Ennucula dalmasi, Ennucula delphinodonta, Ennucula frigida, Ennucula grayi, Ennucula linki, Ennucula mirifica, Ennucula musculosa, Ennucula niponica, Ennucula nuculana, Ennucula obliqua, Ennucula puelcha, Ennucula siberutensis, Ennucula strangei, Ennucula superba, Ennucula tenisoni, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (5: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Greenland (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: California, Maine)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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