Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina dunelmensis
Synonym: Psammobia subpapyracea King 1848
Full reference: R. Howse. 1848. A catalogue of the fossils of the Permian system of the counties of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1:219-264
Belongs to Pterinopecten according to C. C. Branson 1948
See also Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850 and Logan 1967
Sister taxa: Pterinopecten (Fascinewellipecten), Pterinopecten (Vertumnia), Pterinopecten hermes, Pterinopecten hoosacensis, Pterinopecten mundus, Pterinopecten spio
Type specimens:
- Pterinopecten dunelmensis: Its type locality is Humbleton Hill, Durham (Howse coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
- Psammobia subpapyracea: Its type locality is Humbleton Hill quarry, shell-limestone, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Permian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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