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Phaenodesmia peruana

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Phaenodesmia peruana was named by Jaworski (1922). It is not extant. Its type locality is Uliachin, Cerro de Pasco (Conglomerate), which is in a Ladinian marine conglomerate in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. beneckei, P. foersteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Phaenodesmia peruana Jaworski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusPhaenodesmia
speciesperuana

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.

†Phaenodesmia peruana Jaworski 1922
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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: Ladinian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Peru Phaenodesmia peruana (type locality: 206466 206471 206478)