Phestia thompsoni Reed 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Nuculana thompsoni

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79

Belongs to Phestia according to B. P. Liu and X. S. Cui 1983

See also Reed 1932

Sister taxa: Phestia basedowi, Phestia corrugata, Phestia darwini, Phestia elongata, Phestia guizhouensis, Phestia hunanensis, Phestia inflata, Phestia inflatiformis, Phestia jamesi, Phestia lusabaensis, Phestia nova, Phestia obtusa, Phestia pandoraeformis, Phestia perumbonata, Phestia rugodorsata, Phestia sabattinae, Phestia sinuata, Phestia speluncaria, Phestia subacuta, Phestia undosa, Phestia wortheni, Phestia zhejiangensis

Type specimen: K 24.845, a valve (Right valve)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), India (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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