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Polidevcia browni

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Leda browni was named by Thomas (1928).

It was recombined as Nuculana browni by Chronic (1953); it was recombined as Polidevcia browni by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Phestia subperlonga, P. acuta, P. insolita, P. omolonica, P. vaseyana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Leda browni Thomas p. 216 figs. Pl 6, figs 2-4; pl 7, figs 2,2a
1953Nuculana browni Chronic p. 152 figs. Pl 30, figs 5a-7
2015Polidevcia browni Clapham

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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
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960
subfamilyPolidevciinaeKumpera et al. 1960
genusPolidevcia(Tschernyschev 1943)
speciesbrowni(Thomas 1928)

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 browni Thomas 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Bashkirian to the top of the Moscovian or 323.40000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Peru (Piura) Nuculana browni (41390 41391 41392)