Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Alternative spelling: Electroma (Pterelectroma)

Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Healy 1998

Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus

Subtaxa: Electroma (Pterelectroma) physoides

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterelectroma in the database

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