†Comitileda brachyryncha Maxwell 1992 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
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 Comitileda according to P. A. Maxwell 1992
Sister taxon: Comitileda miliacea
Type specimen: TM 6963
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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