Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combination: Leda extenuata
Synonym: Leda (Leda) loshka Dall 1908
Belongs to Nuculana (Nuculana) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Nuculana) arenicola, Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa, Nuculana (Nuculana) elongorostrata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina, Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) navisa, Nuculana (Nuculana) odiyamensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) senni, Nuculana (Nuculana) tenuisulcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS loc. 18424, west of San Martinez Grande Canyon (Pliocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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