Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Full reference: T. E. Yancey. 1978. Brachiopods and mollusca of the Lower Permian Arcturus Group, Nevada and Utah, Part 1: brachiopods, scaphopods, rostroconchs, and bivalves. Bulletins of American Paleontology 74(303):257-367
Parent taxon: Pinnidae according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Atrina, Aviculopinna, Chimaeroderma, Curvula, Cyrtopinna, Exitopinna, Pinna, Plesiopinna, Quantulopinna, Servatrina, Stegoconcha, Streptopinna, Subitopinna, Trichites
Subtaxa: Meekopinna americana Meekopinna sagitta
Type: Aviculopinna americana
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (11: Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming collections)
• Virgilian of United States (5: New Mexico, Ohio)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (3)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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