Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: D. W. Boyd and N.D. Newell. 1979. Permian pelecypods from Tunisia. American Museum Novitates 2686:1-22

Belongs to Denguiria according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995

See also Boyd and Newell 1979

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 264364, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Locality E27, Merbah el Oussif East, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian marine shale/sandstone in the Middle Shaly Facies Formation of Tunisia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality E27, Merbah el Oussif East, Djebel Tebaga

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