Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to I. Temkin and J. Pojeta 2010
See also La Rocque 1950
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1), United States (5: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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