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Phaenodesmia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Phaenodesmia was named by Bittner (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 94]. It is not extant. Its type is Phaenodesmia klipsteiniana.

It was assigned to Malletiinae by Vokes (1980); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Malletiidae by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species
P. areolata, P. klipsteiniana (type species), P. laubeana, P. peruana, P. similis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. beneckei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Phaenodesmia Bittner p. 4
1980Phaenodesmia Vokes p. 4
2002Phaenodesmia Sepkoski
2014Phaenodesmia Ros-Franch et al.

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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
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusPhaenodesmia

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.

G. †Phaenodesmia Bittner 1895
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†Phaenodesmia areolata Bittner 1895
†Phaenodesmia laubeana Bittner 1895
†Phaenodesmia peruana Jaworski 1922
†Phaenodesmia similis Bittner 1895
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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 247.20000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina P. sp. (137002)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Slovakia P. beneckei (44913)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. n. sp. A (31617) P. sp. (31616 31618 31619 31620 31623)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Peru P. peruana (206466 206471 206478)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) P. laubeana (44953)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy P. klipsteiniana, P. laubeana, P. similis, P. areolata (144634) P. sp. (69667)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany P. foersteri (64141)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany P. foersteri (64127 64128 64143 64155 64178)