Ennucula tenisoni Pritchard 1896 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combination: Nucula tenisoni

Synonym: Nucula tumida Tenison Woods 1877 [replaced name]

Belongs to Ennucula according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1886

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 tenuis, Ennucula uruguayensis, Ennucula whatu, Nucula (Ennucula) docilis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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