Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Palaeotaxodont bivalves from the Permian of New Zealand. Palaeontology 7(4):630-655
Belongs to Polidevcia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Waterhouse 1980
Sister taxa: Polidevcia abrupta, Polidevcia aequilata, 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 thomasi, Polidevcia tulcumbensis, Polidevcia vorgaschorica, Polidevcia zabaikalica
Type specimen: NZGS TM3441. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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