†Pachyperna (pearl oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Pachyperna goniglensis Pachyperna joaquinensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachyperna in the database
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