Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Alternative combinations: Leda obesa, Nuculana obesa
Belongs to Polidevcia according to T. E. Yancey 1978
See also Branson 1930, Chronic 1952, Ciriacks 1963, Cooper 1953, Girty 1910 and Mayou 1967
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 ovata, Polidevcia sharmani, Polidevcia stevensiana, Polidevcia thomasi, Polidevcia tulcumbensis, Polidevcia vorgaschorica, Polidevcia zabaikalica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (39: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences
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