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Australoportlandia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Australoportlandia was named by Zinsmeister (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u]. Its type is Australoportlandia antarctica.

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Zinsmeister (1984) and Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. antarctica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Australoportlandia Zinsmeister p. 1504
1992Australoportlandia Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 50
2002Australoportlandia Sepkoski

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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
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusAustraloportlandia

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.

G. †Australoportlandia Zinsmeister 1984
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Australoportlandia antarctica Zinsmeister 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica A. antarctica (72405)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. antarctica (63551)