Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Alternative spelling: Pteria (Pteroperna)
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Pteroperna asinusoides Pteroperna costatula Pteroperna decorata Pteroperna kitadaniensis Pteroperna reticularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (3), China (2), France (19), Germany (2), India (4), Israel (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Portugal (35), Saudi Arabia (4), the United Kingdom (14), Yemen (1)
• Triassic of Iran (3), Malaysia (1)
Total: 94 collections including 103 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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