Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1961. New genera and subgenera of Mesozoic Bivalvia. Palaeontology 4(4):592-598
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Cox 1961, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Rhaetavicula contorta
Type: Rhaetavicula contorta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (69 collections), France (9), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Laos (1), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (16)
Total: 114 collections including 115 occurrences
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