Ennucula whatu Maxwell 1992 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280

Belongs to Ennucula according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

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 tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis

Type specimen: TM 6957

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tahu Member, McCulloch's Bridge (Eocene of New Zealand)

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