†Ptychopteria pusilla Hoare 1993 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 1993. Mississippian (Chesterian) bivalves from the Pennsylvanian stratotype area in West Virginia and Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):374-396
Belongs to Ptychopteria according to R. D. Hoare 1993
Sister taxa: Ptychopteria protoforme, Ptychopteria vespertilio
Type specimen: USNM 314063, a shell. Its type locality is Bramwell Member, Bluestone Formation, which is in a Serpukhovian transition zone/lower shoreface shale/siltstone in the Bluestone Formation of West Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bramwell Member, Bluestone Formation
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