Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Alternative combination: Nuculana thomasi
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1956. Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29:1-42
Belongs to Polidevcia according to J. M. Dickins 1963
See also Dickins 1956
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 magna, Polidevcia nodulosa, Polidevcia obesa, Polidevcia ovata, Polidevcia sharmani, Polidevcia stevensiana, Polidevcia tulcumbensis, Polidevcia vorgaschorica, Polidevcia zabaikalica
Type specimen: CPC 737 (F17077), a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is BMR F17077, Muderong Bore, Middalya Station, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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