Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Alternative combination: Leda inflata
Full reference: H. Morningstar. 1922. Pottsville fauna of Ohio. Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 25:1-312
Belongs to Phestia according to C. C. Branson 1958
See also Elias 1957 and Morningstar 1922
Sister taxa: Phestia basedowi, Phestia corrugata, Phestia darwini, Phestia elongata, Phestia guizhouensis, Phestia hunanensis, 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 thompsoni, Phestia undosa, Phestia wortheni, Phestia zhejiangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (28: Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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