Eleganuculana Chen and Yang 1983 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Parent taxon: Veteranellinae according to W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2017

See also Chen et al. 1983, Fang et al. 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Costinuculana, Girtyana, Hilgardia, Indoculana, Qiongzhounia, Veteranella, Xiaoshuiculana, Zealeda

Subtaxa: Eleganuculana nyeruensis

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Type: Eleganuculana nyeruensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nyeru River Section, Kangmar County (Triassic of China)

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