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Phestia basedowi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae

Taxonomy
Nuculana basedowi was named by Etheridge (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Head, Port Keats Mission, Bonaparte Gulf, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Lower Marine Beds Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Phestia basedowi by Dickins (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Nuculana basedowi Etheridge Jr. p. 8 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
1945Nuculana basedowi Fletcher p. 310 figs. Pl 22, figs 6,7
1963Phestia basedowi Dickins p. 37

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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
speciesbasedowi()

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 basedowi Etheridge Jr. 1907
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Diagnosis
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