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Phestia ranfti

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Phestia ranfti was named by Bradshaw (1999). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CM M-14017A/1, a valve. Its type locality is Adam Mudstone, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand, which is in an Emsian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Adam Mudstone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Phestia ranfti Bradshaw p. 71 figs. 45-47

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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
subfamilyPolidevciidae
subfamilyPhestiinaeLogan 1967
genusPhestiaChernyshev 1951
speciesranfti

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 ranfti Bradshaw 1999
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Phestia ranfti lagea Bradshaw 1999
Phestia ranfti ranfti Bradshaw 1999
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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: Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand Phestia ranfti (40522 type locality: 40525)