Pteria spedeni Waterhouse 1960 (pearl oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1960. Some Carnian pelecypods from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88:425-442

Belongs to Pteria according to J. B. Waterhouse 1960

Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, Pteria cassiana, Pteria clarki, Pteria colymbus, Pteria datongensis, Pteria dianensis, Pteria elegans, Pteria fragilis, Pteria guizhouensis, Pteria hechuanensis, Pteria hertleini, Pteria hirundo, Pteria howei, Pteria infelix, Pteria inornata, Pteria interrupta, Pteria jordani, Pteria kitakamiensis, Pteria kitsoni, Pteria laksel, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria mazatlanica, Pteria murchisoni, Pteria nasuta, Pteria notukeuensis, Pteria papyracea, Pteria pellucida, Pteria penguin, Pteria peregrina, Pteria plana, Pteria raricosta, Pteria rugosa, Pteria sanqiaoensis, Pteria sterna, Pteria sturi, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis

Type specimen: NZGS TM 2172. Its type locality is GS 7526, Mt. Heslington (N28/f7619), which is in an Otamitan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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