Actinopteria pumila Bogolepova and Kříž 1995 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: O. K. Bogolepova and J. Kříž. 1995. Ancestral forms of Bohemian type Bivalvia from the lower Silurian of Siberia (Tungusskaja Syneclise, Russia). Géobios 28(6):691-699

Belongs to Actinopteria according to O. K. Bogolepova and J. Kříž 1995

Sister taxa: Actinopteria acinaces, Actinopteria boydi, Actinopteria resplendens, Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) problematica

Type specimen: SCGM N 974/8, a shell (left valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Well FT 3, Unit 7 (Silurian of Russian Federation)

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