Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Kriz, and J. M. Berdan. 1976. Silurian-Devonian pelecypods and Paleozoic stratigraphy of subsurface rocks in Florida and Georgia and related Silurian pelecypods from Bolivia and Turkey. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 879:1-32
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to J. Pojeta et al. 1976
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Cheiopteria glabra
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (1 collection), Poland (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Italy (4), Morocco (2), Poland (1)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
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