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Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Malletia packardi was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11154, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Portlandia) packardi by Clark (1925); it was recombined as Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi by Moore (1983) and Hall (2002).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Malletia packardi Clark p. 125 figs. Plate 12, figure 3; plate 14, figures 5 and 6
1925Yoldia (Portlandia) packardi Clark p. 77
1983Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi Moore p. A30 figs. Plate 4, figure 11
2002Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi Hall pp. table A15

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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
subgenusPortlandiaMörch 1857
speciespackardi()

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:13:31
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Yoldia packardi (52622 52626)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Yoldia packardi (52357 52362)