Pteromya tatei Richardson and Tutcher 1916 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae

Alternative combination: Pleuromya tatei

Belongs to Pteromya according to A. Marquez-Aliaga et al. 2010

See also Cox 1963

Sister taxa: Pteromya coxi, Pteromya crowcombeia, Pteromya langportensis, Pteromya vaurensis, Pteromya wilkesleyensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is West Hatch near Taunton, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the United Kingdom

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Spain (10 collections), the United Kingdom (11)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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