Pteromya Moore 1861 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae

Parent taxon: Ceratomyidae according to A. Marquez-Aliaga et al. 2010

See also Cox 1963, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ceratomya, Ceratomyinae, Ceromyella, Gresslya, Makoiamya, Myopholadinae, Ochotomya, Pholadomyocardia

Subtaxa: Pteromya coxi Pteromya crowcombeia Pteromya langportensis Pteromya tatei Pteromya vaurensis Pteromya wilkesleyensis

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Type: Pteromya crowcombeia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Spain (10), the United Kingdom (15)

• Triassic to Jurassic of France (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Triassic of the Netherlands (2), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 47 collections including 50 occurrences

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