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Phestia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeotaxodonta
    Order:  
Nuculoida
    Superfamily:  
Nuculanacea
    Family:  
Nuculanidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Phestia CHERNYSHEV, 1951, p. 9
    Type Species:  
Leda inflatiformis CHERNYSHEV, 1939, OD


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Synonyms

Culunana, Girtyana


Geographic Distribution

Tert.-Rec., cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Tert.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Danian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
66.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Inflated, somewhat rostrate




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