Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1928. The gastropod and lamellibranch molluscs, in The Belemnite marls of Charmouth, a series in the Lias of the Dorset Coast. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 84:233-245
Belongs to Pteria according to L. R. Cox 1928
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, 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 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
Type specimen: BMNH L.48635, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Bed 111, Lower Pale Band, Charmouth, which is in a Jamesoni offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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