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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Kaiatan or 42.60000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Canterbury) Pseudoportlandia tahuia (32900)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (Canterbury) Pseudoportlandia tahuia (45036)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Pseudoportlandia tahuia (45037 45040 45041)