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Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia mortuasusensis was named by Clark and Woodford (1927). Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3577, Dry Creek, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

It was recombined as Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis by Moore (1983).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Yoldia mortuasusensis Clark and Woodford p. 86 figs. 14: 3
1983Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis Moore p. A29 figs. Plate 4, figure 15

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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
speciesmortuasusensis()

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.

†Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis Clark and Woodford 1927
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Yoldia mortuasusensis (type locality: 52428)