Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Amler 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Caneyella, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Newsomella, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Actinodesma (Actinodesma)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Malaysia (1 collection)
• Devonian of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Libya (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: New York, Ohio)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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