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Pseudoportlandia tahuia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana (Pseudoportlandia) tahuia was named by Marwick (1942) [TYPE LOCALITY: McCulloch's Bridge, South Island, New Zealand; Runangan, Eocene.]. Its type specimen is TM 4114 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudoportlandia tahuia by Fleming (1966), Beu and Maxwell (1990) and Maxwell (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Nuculana (Pseudoportlandia) tahuia Marwick
1966Pseudoportlandia tahuia Fleming p. 17
1990Pseudoportlandia tahuia Beu and Maxwell p. 393
1992Pseudoportlandia tahuia Maxwell p. 57

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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
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusPseudoportlandiaWoodring 1925
speciestahuia(Marwick 1942)

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.

†Pseudoportlandia tahuia Marwick 1942
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Diagnosis
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