Phestia nova Waterhouse 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. Taxonomic names, in The sequence of Permian rocks and faunas near Exmoor Homestead south of Collinsville, north Bowen Basin. Permian Geology of Queensland 231-267

Belongs to Phestia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

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

Type specimen: UQ F63915. Its type locality is UQ L3719, Exmoor Homestead, which is in a Roadian marine sandstone in the Gebbie Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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