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Polidevcia bicarinata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana bicarinata was named by Guskov and Demskaja (1984). Its type specimen is 50/8518 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yunyaginskoe Coalfield, Well YUK-4, 26 m, Pechora Basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Lekvorkuta Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Polidevcia bicarinata by Clapham (2015).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Nuculana bicarinata Guskov and Demskaja p. 33 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
2015Polidevcia bicarinata 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)
speciesbicarinata()

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 bicarinata Guskov and Demskaja 1984
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Nuculana bicarinata (type locality: 113925 113926)