Atrina Gray 1842 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Alternative spelling: Pinna (Atrina)

Parent taxon: Pinnidae according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Dockery 1982, Glenn 1904, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Griffin et al. 2008, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Mukerjee 1939, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Vokes 1980, Wienrich 1999 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Aviculopinna, Chimaeroderma, Curvula, Cyrtopinna, Exitopinna, Meekopinna, Pinna, Plesiopinna, Quantulopinna, Servatrina, Stegoconcha, Streptopinna, Subitopinna, Trichites

Subtaxa: Atrina (Atrina) Atrina (Servatrina) Atrina affinis Atrina alamedensis Atrina argentea Atrina bicuneata Atrina harrisii Atrina jacksoniana Atrina magellanica Atrina maura Atrina multicostata Atrina nigra Atrina pectinata Atrina piscatoria Atrina seminuda Atrina serrata Atrina stephensi Atrina talarensis Atrina triangularis Atrina venturensis

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Type: Pinna nigra

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Haiti (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (13: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (7), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (19), Italy (3), Japan (2), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (17), Poland (2), Slovakia (2), Sri Lanka (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (13: California, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina), Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), New Zealand (1), United States (12: California, Mississippi)

• Eocene of Argentina (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Peru (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (56: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (9: Alabama, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Texas)

• Cretaceous of India (1), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Triassic of China (1), Romania (1), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 220 collections including 225 occurrences

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