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Polidevciinae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Polidevciinae was named by Kumpera et al. (1960). Its type is Phestia (Polidevcia).

It was reranked as the family Polidevciidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Bivalvia by Kumpera et al. (1960); to Polidevciidae by Pagani and Ferrari (2011); and to Nuculanoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Polidevciinae Kumpera et al.
2010Polidevciidae Bouchet et al.
2011Polidevciidae Carter et al. p. 6
2011Polidevciinae Pagani and Ferrari p. 361
2014Polidevciidae Ros-Franch et al.

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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
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960
subfamilyPolidevciinaeKumpera et al. 1960
subfamilyPolidevciinaeKumpera et al. 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.

Subfm. †Polidevciinae Kumpera et al. 1960
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G. †Polidevcia Tschernyschev 1943
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Polidevcia abrupta Dana 1847
Polidevcia aequilata Guskov 1984
Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse 1964
Polidevcia arata Hall 1852
Polidevcia arctura Yancey 1978
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858
Polidevcia bicarinata Guskov and Demskaja 1984
Polidevcia browni Thomas 1928
Polidevcia cryptica Waterhouse 1988
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Invalid names: Nucula concinna Dana 1849 [replaced]
Polidevcia flexuosa Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
Polidevcia kasanensis de Verneuil 1845
Polidevcia kolyvanica Muromtseva 1974
Polidevcia lunulata Dembskaya 1972
Polidevcia lyonsensis Dickins 1956
Polidevcia magna Lea 1833
Polidevcia nodulosa Waterhouse 1964
Polidevcia obesa White 1879
Polidevcia ovata Laseron 1910
Polidevcia sharmani Etheridge 1878
Polidevcia stevensiana Girty 1910
Polidevcia thomasi Dickins 1956
Polidevcia tulcumbensis Campbell and Engel 1963
Polidevcia vorgaschorica Guskov and Demskaja 1984
Polidevcia zabaikalica Biakov 2002
G. †Ryderia Wilton 1930
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Ryderia doris d'Orbigny 1849
Ryderia guangdongensis Zhang 1977
Invalid names: Teinonuculana Zhang 1977 [synonym]
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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Aquitanian or 410.62000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (289 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Polidevcia insolita (35556 35557)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7United Kingdom (England) Polidevcia sharmani (38448)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Polidevcia tulcumbensis (75621)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Polidevcia tulcumbensis (75614)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Polidevcia sp. (552)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Phestia stevensiana (67201)
Chesterian - Brigantian335.4 - 330.3USA (Ohio) Polidevcia stevensiana (85363 85364)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Phestia stevensiana (76144)
Chesterian - Virgilian335.4 - 298.9USA (California) Polidevcia sp. (589)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (California) Polidevcia sp. (143609)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Nucula concinna (114268)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Nuculana magna (205440 205454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Nuculana magna (1435 1443 1444 81210 81212)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Nuculana magna (90470)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Nuculana magna (98973 98978)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Nuculana magna (90640)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Nuculana magna (99047 205267 205430)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Nuculana magna (90469 90600 90603)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Nuculana magna (90475 90703 98948)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Nuculana flexuosa (60985 61100)