Pteria murchisoni Geinitz 1861 (pearl oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Alternative combination: Gervillia murchisoni

Full reference: H. B. Geinitz. 1861. Dyas oder die Zechsteinformation und das Rothliegende [Dyas or the Zechstein Formation and the Rothliegende] 1-342

Belongs to Pteria according to C. Z. Chen 1982

See also Chen et al. 1974, Geinitz 1861, Xu 1978 and Yang et al. 1979

Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, Pteria cassiana, Pteria clarki, Pteria colymbus, Pteria datongensis, Pteria dianensis, Pteria elegans, Pteria fragilis, Pteria guizhouensis, Pteria hechuanensis, Pteria hertleini, Pteria hirundo, Pteria howei, Pteria infelix, Pteria inornata, Pteria interrupta, Pteria jordani, Pteria kitakamiensis, Pteria kitsoni, Pteria laksel, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria mazatlanica, Pteria nasuta, Pteria notukeuensis, Pteria papyracea, Pteria pellucida, Pteria penguin, Pteria peregrina, Pteria plana, Pteria raricosta, Pteria rugosa, Pteria sanqiaoensis, Pteria spedeni, Pteria sterna, Pteria sturi, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (11 collections), Japan (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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