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Polidevcia ovata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana ovata was named by Laseron (1910). Its type specimen is AM F.20176, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrier, which is in a Roadian offshore siliciclastic in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Polidevcia ovata by Waterhouse (1964) and Waterhouse (1980).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Nuculana ovata Laseron p. 219 figs. Pl 15, figs 5-7
1945Nuculana ovata Fletcher p. 304 figs. Pl 20, fig 4; pl 21, fig 3
1964Polidevcia ovata Waterhouse p. 638 figs. Pl 96, figs 10-12
1980Polidevcia ovata Waterhouse p. 101

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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)
speciesovata()

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 ovata Laseron 1910
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Diagnosis
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