Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combination: Leda leonina
Synonyms: Leda amiata Dall 1916, Leda liogona Dall 1916
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) extenuata, Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa, Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata, 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:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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