Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Alternative combinations: Nuculana lyonsensis, Phestia lyonsensis
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 M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Dickins 1956 and Dickins 1963
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 magna, Polidevcia nodulosa, Polidevcia obesa, Polidevcia ovata, Polidevcia sharmani, Polidevcia stevensiana, Polidevcia thomasi, Polidevcia tulcumbensis, Polidevcia vorgaschorica, Polidevcia zabaikalica
Type specimen: CPC 734, a valve (Right valve, internal mold). Its type locality is BMR F17203, Moogooree Homestead, which is in an Asselian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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