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Phestia sinuata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Leda sinuata was named by Dembskaja (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vorgashorskoe Coalfield, Well VK-1148, 391 m, Pechora Basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Lekvorkuta Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Nuculana sinuata by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984); it was recombined as Phestia sinuata by Clapham (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Leda sinuata Dembskaja
1984Nuculana sinuata Muromtseva and Guskov p. 32 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
2015Phestia sinuata 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
speciessinuata(Dembskaja 1972)

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 sinuata Dembskaja 1972
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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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Nuculana sinuata (type locality: 113929 113930 225521)