Phestia jamesi Biakov 2002 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Polidevcia jamesi

Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 2002. Permian bivalves from the Transbaikal Region. Paleontological Journal 36(5):460-468

Belongs to Phestia according to A. S. Biakov 2019

See also Biakov 2002

Sister taxa: Phestia basedowi, Phestia corrugata, Phestia darwini, Phestia elongata, Phestia guizhouensis, Phestia hunanensis, Phestia inflata, Phestia inflatiformis, 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

Type specimen: MCGS 29/1019, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Zun-Shiveya Ravine, site 1487/7, Chiron Depression, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Zhipkosh Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (3 collections)

• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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