Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Nucula proxima
Belongs to Nucula (Nucula) according to M. Huber 2010
See also Glenn 1904, Holmes 1860, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 and Richards 1962
Sister taxa: Nucula (Nucula) archiaci, Nucula (Nucula) bidorsata, Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis, Nucula (Nucula) capayensis, Nucula (Nucula) cooperi, Nucula (Nucula) cromata, Nucula (Nucula) declivis, Nucula (Nucula) donaciformis, Nucula (Nucula) fragilis, Nucula (Nucula) hanleyi, Nucula (Nucula) magnifica, Nucula (Nucula) mariae, Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis, Nucula (Nucula) mediavia, Nucula (Nucula) mirada, Nucula (Nucula) mixta, Nucula (Nucula) nitidula, Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis, Nucula (Nucula) nucleus, Nucula (Nucula) ovula, Nucula (Nucula) profundorum, Nucula (Nucula) schencki, Nucula (Nucula) sericea, Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis, Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis, Nucula (Nucula) sulcata, Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta, Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, Nucula (Nucula) vieta, Nucula (Nucula) vitis, Nucula (Nucula) zophos, Nucula (Nucula) zwierzyckii
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), United States (62: Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (22: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (15: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia)
Total: 101 collections each including a single occurrence
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