Polidevcia magna Lea 1833 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Nuculana magna

Belongs to Polidevcia according to A. S. Biakov 2007

Sister taxa: Polidevcia abrupta, Polidevcia aequilata, Polidevcia antequadrata, Polidevcia arata, Polidevcia arctura, Polidevcia bellistriata, Polidevcia bicarinata, Polidevcia browni, Polidevcia cryptica, Polidevcia flexuosa, Polidevcia kasanensis, Polidevcia kolyvanica, Polidevcia lunulata, Polidevcia lyonsensis, Polidevcia nodulosa, Polidevcia obesa, Polidevcia ovata, Polidevcia sharmani, Polidevcia stevensiana, Polidevcia thomasi, Polidevcia tulcumbensis, Polidevcia vorgaschorica, Polidevcia zabaikalica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (20: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas collections)

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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