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genus

Poroleda Hutton, 1893

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Nuculanidae

Scientific synonyms

Leda (Poroleda) Hutton, 1893
Nuculana (Poroleda) Hutton, 1893

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Description

Shell elongate-triangular, produced into a rostrum posteriorly; resilifer oblique; hinge line nearly straight, with a series of longitudinal imbricating teeth on each side; pallial sinus small.
Distribution: Australia, New Zealand. Type species: Poroleda lanceolata Hutton 1893.
Remarks: Distinguished by the imbricating teeth and rostrate shell.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

species Poroleda extenuata (Dall, 1897)

Poroleda extenuata

species Poroleda lanceolata (F. W. Hutton, 1885)

Poroleda lanceolata

species Poroleda spathula Hedley, 1915 - Spoon-shaped Nut-shell

Poroleda spathula


Fossil taxa

species Poroleda antiqua Marwick, 1942 †

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [d592ec96-49a7-45b4-9685-d0415d10bc6d]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Poroleda Hutton, 1893]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1469714]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Poroleda Hutton, 1893]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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† extinct taxon



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