Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Alternative spelling: Pteria (Oxytoma)
Parent taxon: Oxytomidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Arctotis, Avicularca, Jianchuania, Maccoyellinae, Meleagrinella, Oxytominae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Avicula muensteri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (28: Alberta, Saskatachewan), China (1), Denmark (2), Germany (4), Greenland (2), India (1), Kazakhstan (3), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (24), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (21: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (13), Bulgaria (2), Canada (75: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (14), China (2), Denmark (5), France (15), Germany (54), Greenland (95), Hong Kong (1), India (16), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (7), Luxembourg (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (9), Poland (13), Portugal (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (20), Saudi Arabia (11), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (15), Tanzania (6), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (82), United States (10: Alaska, Montana, Nevada)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of Austria (16), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (2), China (1), France (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (9), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (54), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (6: Nevada), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of Australia (1), China (1), Malaysia (1)
Total: 716 collections including 802 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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