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Phestia elongata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Leda elongata was named by Vaillant-Couturier Treat (1933). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ankitokazo region, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal mudstone in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

It was recombined as Phestia elongata by Clapham (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Leda elongata Vaillant-Couturier Treat p. 52 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
2015Phestia elongata Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyPolidevciidae
subfamilyPhestiinaeLogan 1967
genusPhestiaChernyshev 1951
specieselongata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Phestia elongata Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Madagascar (Diana) Leda elongata (type locality: 119511)