Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Alternative combination: Acila (Truncacila) pugetensis
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1925. Pelecypod from the Marine Oligocene of Western North America. PaleoBios 15(4):69-136
Belongs to Nucula (Acila) according to Clark 1925
Sister taxa: Acila (Acila), Acila (Truncacila), Acila nehalemensis, Acila paita, Acila plura, Nucula (Acila) ermanni, Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis, Nucula (Acila) mirabilis, Nucula (Acila) nelsoni, Nucula (Acila) packardi, Nucula (Acila) yakatagensis
Type specimen: LSJU 5, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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