Pterohalobia Guo 1985 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319

Parent taxon: Posidoniidae according to F. X. Guo 1985

See also Fang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Amonotis, Bositra, Caenodiotis, Didymotis, Ellesmerella, Guerichia, Imposidonia, Magnolobia, Multisidonia, Posidonia, Posidonotis, Pseudodidymotis, Steinmannia, Veldidenella

Subtaxa: Pterohalobia productalata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kana, Pingzhai, Qiubei County (Triassic of China)

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