Phestia inflatiformis Chernyshev 1939 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Alternative combination: Leda inflatiformis

Belongs to Phestia according to Z.-J. Fang and J.C.W. Cope 2004

Sister taxa: Phestia arenacea, Phestia basedowi, Phestia corrugata, Phestia darwini, Phestia elongata, Phestia guizhouensis, Phestia hegani, Phestia hunanensis, Phestia inflata, Phestia jamesi, Phestia lusabaensis, Phestia nova, Phestia obtusa, Phestia pandoraeformis, Phestia perumbonata, Phestia pluvia, Phestia ranfti, Phestia rugodorsata, Phestia sabattinae, Phestia sinuata, Phestia speluncaria, Phestia subacuta, Phestia suggatei, Phestia thompsoni, Phestia undosa, Phestia wortheni, Phestia zhejiangensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phestia inflatiformis in the database

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