Pseudoportlandia Woodring 1925 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative spelling: Nuculana (Pseudoportlandia)

Parent taxon: Nuculaninae according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Adrana, Comitileda, Culunana, Jupiteria, Ledina

Subtaxa: Pseudoportlandia clara Pseudoportlandia tahuia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (3 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (5)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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