Portlandia arctica Gray 1824

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Alternative combinations: Nucula arctica, Yoldia arctica

Synonyms: Leda truncata Gabb 1864, Nucula (Acila) truncata Gabb 1864, Nucula portlandica Reeve 1855, Nucula truncata Gabb 1864

Belongs to Portlandia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Coan et al. 2000, Gabb 1869, Lintz 1958 and Wood 1850

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia), Portlandia chehalisensis, Portlandia glacialis, Portlandia impressa, Portlandia kakimii, Portlandia laudabilis, Portlandia rosa, Yoldia (Portlandia) cooperii

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (20: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), Greenland (23), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Maine)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (3: California)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California)

Total: 67 collections each including a single occurrence

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