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Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni was named by Campbell and Grant-Mackie (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality R13/f6500, Waikato, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine sandstone in the Moewaka Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Pholadomya (Moewakamya).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni Campbell and Grant-Mackie p. 54

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
subgenus	Moewakamya
species	hudsoni

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.

†Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni Campbell and Grant-Mackie 1995

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Temaikan	176.0 - 164.3	New Zealand (Auckland)	Pholadomya hudsoni (233875)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	New Zealand	Pholadomya hudsoni (type locality: 51934 56229 56230)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	New Zealand	Pholadomya hudsoni (56231)