Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: J. C. Mendes. 1952. Formação Corumbataí na região do Rio Corumbataí (estratigrafia e descrição dos lamelibrânquios). Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciéncias e Letras 145. Series Geologia 8:1-119

Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Salvador and Simone 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha

Subtaxa: Barbosaia angulata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Santa Terezinha, Piracicaba (Permian of Brazil)

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