Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to A. F. Sterren and G. A. Cisterna 2010
See also Cox et al. 1969 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, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Willipteria, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Merismopteria imbricata Merismopteria macroptera Merismopteria salinensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (32 collections), Nepal (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (7)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1)
Total: 42 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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