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Polidevcia abrupta

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Nucula abrupta was named by Dana (1847). Its type specimen is USNM 3640 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Nuculana abrupta by Fletcher (1945); it was recombined as Polidevcia abrupta by Waterhouse (1988).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Nucula abrupta Dana p. 157
1849Nucula abrupta Dana p. 698 figs. Pl 7, fig 3
1945Nuculana abrupta Fletcher p. 303 figs. Pl 21, figs 4-6
1988Polidevcia abrupta Waterhouse p. 170 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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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)
speciesabrupta()

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 abrupta Dana 1847
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Diagnosis
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