Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: Y.-J. Lu. 1981. Late Triassic lamellibranchs from Datong of Qinghai, NW China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(6):577-585
Belongs to Pteria according to Y.-J. Lu 1981
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, Pteria cassiana, Pteria clarki, Pteria colymbus, 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: Its type locality is Qiaotou, Datong, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Xiaomeidong Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Qiaotou, Datong
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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