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Portlandia (Portlandella) euthynta

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Portlandia (Portlandella) euthynta was named by Woodring (1973). Its type specimen is USNM 646694, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Location 42i, Gatun Lake area [Bohio Fm], which is in an Oligocene coastal wackestone in the Bohio Formation of Panama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Portlandia (Portlandella) euthynta Woodring p. 495 figs. pl. 70, fig. 14

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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
familySareptidaeAdams 1860
subfamilyYoldiinae(Dall 1908)
genusPortlandiaVerrill and Bush 1897
subgenusPortlandella()
specieseuthynta

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:13:31
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Portlandia euthynta (type locality: 92982)