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Polidevcia kasanensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Nucula kazanensis was named by de Verneuil (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sviask, Volga River, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Polidevcia kasanensis by Lutkevitch and Lobanova (1960); it was recombined as Nuculana kasanensis by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Nucula kazanensis de Verneuil p. 312 figs. Pl 19, fig 14
1960Polidevcia kasanensis Lutkevitch and Lobanova p. 21 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-11
1984Nuculana kasanensis Muromtseva and Guskov p. 31 figs. Pl 1, figs 23,24

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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)
specieskasanensis()

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 kasanensis de Verneuil 1845
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Nucula kazanensis (type locality: 117261) Nuculana kasanensis (113915 113916)
Late/Upper Kazanian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Nuculana kasanensis (197540)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Nuculana kasanensis (197627 197914)