Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Synonym: Myalinodanta Oehlert 1881
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Babin 1966, Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Limoptera sarmenticia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)
• Givetian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (6), Germany (3), United States (16: Indiana, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of Poland (1)
Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences
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