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Polidevcia flexuosa

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Polidevcia flexuosa was named by Lutkevitch and Lobanova (1960).

It was recombined as Nuculana flexuosa 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
1960Polidevcia flexuosa Lutkevitch and Lobanova p. 23 figs. Pl 1, fig 15
1984Nuculana flexuosa Muromtseva and Guskov p. 31 figs. Pl 1, fig 29,30-34; pl 2, figs 17,18

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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)
speciesflexuosaLutkevitch and Lobanova 1960

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 flexuosa Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
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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 Aquitanian or 283.30000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Nuculana flexuosa (110010 113915 113920 113921 113922)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Nuculana flexuosa (113937)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Nuculana flexuosa (60985 61100)