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Phestia pluvia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy

Phestia pluvia was named by Bradshaw (1999). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CM M1754A/1.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. ahrendi, P. arata, P. attenuata, P. bellistriata, P. bellistriatus, P. diversa, P. diversoides, P. kasanensis, P. konnoi, P. lipperti, P. omolonica, P. ovata, P. prolongata, P. rostellata, P. securiformis, P. spatulata, P. tepuelensis, P. viator, P. waterhousei, P. subperlonga

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1999	Phestia pluvia Bradshaw p. 83 figs. 55-57

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
subfamily	Polidevciidae
subfamily	Phestiinae	Logan 1967
genus	Phestia	Chernyshev 1951
species	pluvia

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 pluvia Bradshaw 1999

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	New Zealand	Phestia pluvia (40522 40525)