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Polidevcia thomasi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Nuculana thomasi was named by Dickins (1956). Its type specimen is CPC 737 (F17077), a valve (Right valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR F17077, Muderong Bore, Middalya Station, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Polidevcia thomasi by Dickins (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Nuculana thomasi Dickins
1963Polidevcia thomasi Dickins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyPolidevciidae
subfamilyPolidevciinae
genusPolidevcia(Tschernyschev 1943)
speciesthomasi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Polidevcia thomasi Dickins 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height36.666.507.006.500.289

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Nuculana thomasi (83623)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Nuculana thomasi (83621 type locality: 84341)