Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Alternative combination: Avicula inornata
Belongs to Pteria according to A. A. Olsson 1922
See also Maury 1920
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria aspera, 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 interrupta, Pteria jordani, Pteria kitakamiensis, Pteria kitsoni, Pteria laksel, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria mazatlanica, Pteria murchisoni, 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:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (4)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Grenada (1), Panama (13), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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