Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Alternative spelling: Pteria (Pinctada)
Synonyms: Avicula (Meleagrina) Lamarck 1819, Margaritifera Jameson 1901, Meleagrina Lamarck 1819, Perlamater Schumacher 1817, Pintadina Blainville 1826, Unionium Link 1807
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Bittner 1891, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Mongin and Lapparent 1968, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Avicula (Meleagrina) foulloni Margaritifera (Palaeomargaritifera) Meleagrina antiqua Meleagrina crassicardia Meleagrina schlosseri Pinctada albina Pinctada imbricata Pinctada maculata Pinctada margaritifera Pinctada margaritiferus Pinctada maxima
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Bermuda (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Iran (1), Japan (2), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (3: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), South Africa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (5), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Germany (2)
• Oligocene of Japan (2)
• Eocene of Japan (7)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Japan (1), Niger (1)
• Jurassic of China (1)
• Triassic of Turkey (1)
Total: 44 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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