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Phestia pandoraeformis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Leda pandoraeformis was named by Stevens (1858). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polidevcia pandoraeformis by Driscoll (1965); it was recombined as Phestia pandoraeformis by Hoare (1993) and Hoare (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Leda pandoraeformis Stevens p. 262
1965Polidevcia pandoraeformis Driscoll p. 79 figs. pl. 10 f. 16-34
1993Phestia pandoraeformis Hoare p. 378 figs. 2.22 – 2.26
2007Phestia pandoraeformis Hoare p. 65 figs. 3.18 – 3.19

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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
speciespandoraeformis()

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 pandoraeformis Stevens 1858
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. D. Hoare 1993Phestia with narrowly rostrate posterior margin; beaks opisthogyrate, located near midlength; lunule and escutcheon not observed; surface ornamentation of numerous, closely spaced, comarginal lirae (10-12 per mm); hingement of at least three denticles anterior to beak and five posterior to beak; adductor scars not pronounced, anterior scar suboval, posterior scar subquadrate, located on umbonal ridge; resilifer not seen; a faint, arcuate groove extends posteroventrally from the umbo on internal molds.
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: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian - Brigantian335.5 - 330.9USA (Ohio) Phestia pandoraeformis (85363)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) Phestia pandoraeformis (56142 56143 65682)