Polidevcia flexuosa Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Nuculana flexuosa

Belongs to Polidevcia according to Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960

Sister taxa: Polidevcia abrupta, Polidevcia aequilata, Polidevcia antequadrata, Polidevcia arata, Polidevcia arctura, Polidevcia bellistriata, Polidevcia bicarinata, Polidevcia browni, Polidevcia cryptica, 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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)

• Permian of the Russian Federation (6)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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