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Polidevcia lunulata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Leda lunulata was named by Dembskaya (1972).

It was recombined as Nuculana lunulata by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984); it was recombined as Polidevcia lunulata by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Leda lunulata Dembskaya
1984Nuculana lunulata Muromtseva and Guskov p. 32 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,6; pl 3, fig 17
2015Polidevcia lunulata Clapham

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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)
specieslunulata(Dembskaya 1972)

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 lunulata Dembskaya 1972
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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 Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Nuculana lunulata (88432)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Nuculana lunulata (97280 113927 113928)