Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Lamellinucula tamatavica, Nucula tamatavica

Belongs to Nucula (Lamellinucula) according to E.V. Coan et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Nucula (Lamellinucula) carlottensis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) costacallistiformis, Nucula (Lamellinucula) depressilunulata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua, Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia, Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Nucula (Lamellinucula) minor, Nucula (Lamellinucula) pakistanica, Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata, Nucula (Lamellinucula) soriensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder