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Portlandia chehalisensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Malletia chehalisensis was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 165447, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Yoldia chehalisensis by Durham (1944); it was synonymized subjectively with Portlandia (Portlandella) reagani by Moore (1963); it was recombined as Portlandia (Portlandia) chehalisensis by Moore (1983) and Moore (1984); it was recombined as Portlandia chehalisensis by Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sanchuensis, P. sphaerica, P. carolimartini, Yoldia siliqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Malletia chehalisensis Arnold p. 365 figs. Plate XXXIII, figs 9, 9a
1944Yoldia chehalisensis Durham p. 136
1983Portlandia (Portlandia) chehalisensis Moore p. A30 figs. Plate 4, figures 12, 13
1984Portlandia (Portlandia) chehalisensis Moore p. 25
2020Portlandia chehalisensis Hendy

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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
familySareptidaeAdams 1860
subfamilyYoldiinae(Dall 1908)
genusPortlandiaMörch 1857
specieschehalisensis()

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.

†Portlandia chehalisensis Arnold 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available