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Pseudoportlandia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoportlandia was named by Woodring (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 899].

It was reranked as Nuculana (Pseudoportlandia) by Marwick (1942).

It was assigned to Nuculana by Marwick (1942); to Nuculanidae by Vokes (1980); to Nuculaninae by Maxwell (1992); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. clara, P. tahuia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pseudoportlandia Woodring
1942Nuculana (Pseudoportlandia) Marwick p. 268
1980Pseudoportlandia Vokes p. 7
1992Pseudoportlandia Maxwell pp. 56, 57
2002Pseudoportlandia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusPseudoportlandiaWoodring 1925

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.

G. †Pseudoportlandia Woodring 1925
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†Pseudoportlandia tahuia Marwick 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 42.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Canterbury) P. tahuia (32900)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (Canterbury) P. tahuia (45036)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) P. tahuia (45037 45040 45041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina P. glabra (71539)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Nuculana clara (58522) P. clara (69090 69093)