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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
References
Museum or Author Information
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
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)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