Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Alternative combination: Nuculana rugodorsata
Full reference: W. H. Easton. 1962. Carboniferous formations and faunas of central Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 348:1-126
Belongs to Phestia according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991
See also Easton 1962
Sister taxa: Phestia arenacea, Phestia basedowi, Phestia corrugata, Phestia darwini, Phestia elongata, Phestia guizhouensis, Phestia hegani, Phestia hunanensis, Phestia inflata, Phestia inflatiformis, Phestia jamesi, Phestia lusabaensis, Phestia nova, Phestia obtusa, Phestia pandoraeformis, Phestia perumbonata, Phestia pluvia, Phestia ranfti, Phestia sabattinae, Phestia sinuata, Phestia speluncaria, Phestia subacuta, Phestia suggatei, Phestia thompsoni, Phestia undosa, Phestia wortheni, Phestia zhejiangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS "blue file" Loc13414, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore limestone/siltstone in the Heath Formation of Montana.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Montana, West Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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