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Phestia elongata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

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
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960
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
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