Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to D. G. Lazo and S. E. Damborenea 2011
See also El Qot 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Phelopteria caudigera Phelopteria dalli Phelopteria erecta Phelopteria gravida Phelopteria huitriniana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3), Argentina (29), Bolivia (1), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (22), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (111: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)
Total: 184 collections including 196 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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