Phestia perumbonata White 1880 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Nucula perumbonata

Belongs to Phestia according to T. E. Yancey 1978

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 rugodorsata, Phestia sabattinae, Phestia sinuata, Phestia speluncaria, Phestia subacuta, Phestia thompsoni, Phestia undosa, Phestia wortheni, Phestia zhejiangensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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