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Pseudoportlandia clara

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda clara was named by Guppy (1873) [TYPE LOCALITY: Pliocene, Jamaica.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudoportlandia clara by Woodring (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Leda clara Guppy
1925Pseudoportlandia clara Woodring

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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
speciesclara(Guppy 1873)

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.

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Diagnosis
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