Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: J. Hall. 1883. Untitled Contractual Obligation Memorandum. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 12:319-375
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to A. D. Farjat 2020
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
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, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Ptychopteria protoforme Ptychopteria pusilla Ptychopteria vespertilio
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), United States (1: West Virginia)
• Givetian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (4), France (1), Germany (3), Libya (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (64: Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (2)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 95 collections including 96 occurrences
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