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Polidevciidae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Polidevciidae was named by Kumpera (1960). Its type is Phestia (Polidevcia).

It was assigned to Nuculanoidea by Pagani and Ferrari (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Polidevciidae Kumpera
2011Polidevciidae Pagani and Ferrari p. 361

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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
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960

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.

Fm. †Polidevciidae Kumpera 1960
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Subfm. †Phestiinae Logan 1967
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G. †Phestia Chernyshev 1951
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†Phestia basedowi Etheridge Jr. 1907
†Phestia corrugata Hoare et al. 1989
†Phestia darwini de Koninck 1877
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Invalid names: Tellinomya etheridgei Johnston 1887 [synonym]
†Phestia elongata Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933
†Phestia hunanensis Ku and Chen 1963
†Phestia inflata Morningstar 1922
†Phestia inflatiformis Chernyshev 1939
†Phestia jamesi Biakov 2002
†Phestia lusabaensis Dickins 1999
†Phestia nova Waterhouse 1983
†Phestia obtusa Hoare et al. 1989
†Phestia pandoraeformis Stevens 1858
†Phestia perumbonata White 1880
†Phestia rugodorsata Easton 1962
†Phestia sabattinae Pagani 2004
†Phestia sinuata Dembskaja 1972
†Phestia speluncaria Geinitz 1848
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Invalid names: Leda vinti King 1848 [synonym]
†Phestia subacuta Waagen 1881
†Phestia thompsoni Reed 1932
†Phestia undosa Muromtseva 1984
†Phestia wortheni Hoare et al. 1989
Invalid names: Phestia guizhouensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Subfm. †Polidevciinae Kumpera et al. 1960
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G. †Polidevcia Tschernyschev 1943
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†Polidevcia abrupta Dana 1847
†Polidevcia aequilata Guskov 1984
†Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse 1964
†Polidevcia arata Hall 1852
†Polidevcia arctura Yancey 1978
†Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858
†Polidevcia bicarinata Guskov and Demskaja 1984
†Polidevcia browni Thomas 1928
†Polidevcia cryptica Waterhouse 1988
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Invalid names: Nucula concinna Dana 1849 [replaced]
†Polidevcia flexuosa Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
†Polidevcia kasanensis de Verneuil 1845
†Polidevcia kolyvanica Muromtseva 1974
†Polidevcia lunulata Dembskaya 1972
†Polidevcia lyonsensis Dickins 1956
†Polidevcia magna Lea 1833
†Polidevcia nodulosa Waterhouse 1964
†Polidevcia obesa White 1879
†Polidevcia ovata Laseron 1910
†Polidevcia sharmani Etheridge 1878
†Polidevcia stevensiana Girty 1910
†Polidevcia thomasi Dickins 1956
†Polidevcia tulcumbensis Campbell and Engel 1963
†Polidevcia vorgaschorica Guskov and Demskaja 1984
†Polidevcia zabaikalica Biakov 2002
G. †Ryderia Wilton 1930
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†Ryderia doris d'Orbigny 1849
†Ryderia guangdongensis Zhang 1977
Invalid names: Teinonuculana Zhang 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Aquitanian or 419.20000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (545 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Phestia sp. (7196)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Antarctica Phestia viator (35565)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) Phestia securiformis (32470)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Phestia rostellata (150334 150363 150365)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Polidevcia insolita (35556 35557)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand Phestia arenacea, Phestia sp. (40520) Phestia ranfti, Phestia hegani, Phestia pluvia (40522) Phestia ranfti, Phestia hegani, Phestia suggatei, Phestia pluvia (40525) Phestia sp. (40527) Phestia suggatei (40529)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg Phestia ahrendi, Phestia lipperti (232220) Phestia lipperti (233203)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Phestia rostellata (91229 91249)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Phestia diversa (86335 89656 89876 89903 89921 89922 89928 89930 96338 96342 96383 96385 111331 111416 111425 111471 111631) Phestia diversa, Phestia rostellata (89879 89927) Phestia rostellata (89958) Phestia sp. (89719 89720 89732 89733 89768 89769 89770 89774)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) Phestia diversoides, Phestia spatulata (6033 6055) Phestia spatulata (6026)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Nucula concinna (114268)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Nuculana magna (1435 1443 1444 81210 81212)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Nuculana magna (205440 205454)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nuculana magna (90470)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Nuculana magna (98973 98978)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Nuculana magna (90475 90703 98948)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Nuculana magna (90640)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Nuculana magna (99047 205267 205430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nuculana magna (90469 90600 90603)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Nuculana flexuosa (60985 61100)