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Phestiinae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Phestiinae was named by Logan (1967). Its type is Phestia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Polidevciinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Yancey (1978); and to Polidevciidae by Pagani and Ferrari (2011).

Subtaxa
Phestia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Phestiinae Logan
1978Phestiinae Yancey p. 326
2011Phestiinae Pagani and Ferrari p. 361

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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
familyPolidevciidaeKumpera 1960
subfamilyPhestiinaeLogan 1967
subfamilyPhestiinaeLogan 1967

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.

Subfm. †Phestiinae Logan 1967
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G. †Phestia Chernyshev 1951
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†Phestia basedowi Etheridge Jr. 1907
†Phestia corrugata Hoare et al. 1989
†Phestia darwini de Koninck 1877
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Invalid names: Tellinomya etheridgei Johnston 1887 [synonym]
†Phestia elongata Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933
†Phestia hunanensis Ku and Chen 1963
†Phestia inflata Morningstar 1922
†Phestia inflatiformis Chernyshev 1939
†Phestia jamesi Biakov 2002
†Phestia lusabaensis Dickins 1999
†Phestia nova Waterhouse 1983
†Phestia obtusa Hoare et al. 1989
†Phestia pandoraeformis Stevens 1858
†Phestia perumbonata White 1880
†Phestia rugodorsata Easton 1962
†Phestia sabattinae Pagani 2004
†Phestia sinuata Dembskaja 1972
†Phestia speluncaria Geinitz 1848
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Invalid names: Leda vinti King 1848 [synonym]
†Phestia subacuta Waagen 1881
†Phestia thompsoni Reed 1932
†Phestia undosa Muromtseva 1984
†Phestia wortheni Hoare et al. 1989
Invalid names: Phestia guizhouensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 419.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (288 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Phestia sp. (7196)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Antarctica Phestia viator (35565)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) Phestia securiformis (32470)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Phestia rostellata (150334 150363 150365)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand Phestia arenacea, Phestia sp. (40520) Phestia ranfti, Phestia hegani, Phestia pluvia (40522) Phestia ranfti, Phestia hegani, Phestia suggatei, Phestia pluvia (40525) Phestia sp. (40527) Phestia suggatei (40529)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg Phestia ahrendi, Phestia lipperti (232220) Phestia lipperti (233203)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Phestia rostellata (91229 91249)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Phestia diversa (86335 89656 89876 89903 89921 89922 89928 89930 96338 96342 96383 96385 111331 111416 111425 111471 111631) Phestia diversa, Phestia rostellata (89879 89927) Phestia rostellata (89958) Phestia sp. (89719 89720 89732 89733 89768 89769 89770 89774)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) Phestia diversoides, Phestia spatulata (6033 6055) Phestia spatulata (6026)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Indiana) Phestia sp. (224222 224231)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Madagascar (Diana) Leda elongata (119511)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Leda speluncaria (230335)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17China (Guangdong) Phestia zhejiangensis (123595)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Russian Federation Phestia sp. (221266)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Phestia guizhouensis (111987 112012 112015) Phestia hunanensis (121007) Phestia kasanensis (98029) Phestia sp. (108546 111993)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Nuculana subacuta (89061)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Greenland Nuculana speluncaria (115913)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Phestia sp. (107607)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Phestia zhejiangensis (108196)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Phestia hunanensis (111730 111732)