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Poroleda

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285441	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285441
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16104	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16104

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Poroleda

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Poroleda

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Poroleda	Hutton 1893

Scientific Name

Poroleda Hutton, 1893

Name Published In

Hutton, F.W. (1893) The Pliocene Mollusca of New Zealand. In Fletcher, J.J. (Ed.) The MacLeay Memorial Volume. Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, pp. 35–92, pls. 6–9.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Poroleda	genus	belongs to Nuculanidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Poroleda	subgenus	belongs to Nuculana	stated without evidence	Covacevich and Frassinetti, 1986
Poroleda	genus	belongs to Nuculanidae	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Poroleda	genus	belongs to Nuculoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Poroleda	genus	belongs to Nuculanidae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Poroleda	genus	belongs to Poroledidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Nuculanidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Youngest
Lamellileda typica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		0 Ma Extant
Poroleda antiqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Poroleda extenuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Poroleda lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		0 Ma Extant
Poroleda spathula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Poroleda Hutton
1930	Lamellileda Cotton
1980	Poroleda Vokes p. 7
1986	Nuculana (Poroleda) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 48
2000	Poroleda Coan et al. p. 122
2002	Poroleda Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Poroleda Spencer et al.
2010	Poroleda Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Covacevich V., Frassinetti D. (1986) El genero Cancellaria en el Mioceno de Chile con descripcion de cuatro especies nuevas (Gaastropoda: Cancellariidae), Revista Geológica de Chile 28-29, 33-67

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per Poroleda Hutton - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. R. Soc. New South Wales, 27 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Manual inspection / web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Beu, 1969 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linn. Soc. NSW, MacLeay Mem. Vol. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hutton, F.W. (1893) The Pliocene Mollusca of New Zealand. In Fletcher, J.J. (Ed.) The MacLeay Memorial Volume. Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, pp. 35–92, pls. 6–9. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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