Calorhadia semen Lea 1883 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Leda semen, Nucula semen, Nuculana semen

Belongs to Calorhadia according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965

See also Harris 1919 and Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Calorhadia (Calorhadia), Calorhadia aequalis, Calorhadia albirupina, Calorhadia bella, Calorhadia compsa, Calorhadia equalis, Calorhadia opulenta, Calorhadia reginajacksonis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (20: Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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