Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also 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, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), Poland (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Spain (1)
• Silurian of China (1), Ireland (2), Norway (4), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (29)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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