Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: I. Hayami. 1958. Liassic Volsella, Mytilus and some other dysodont species in Japan (Studies on the Liassic pelecypods in Japan, 6) . Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan (New Series) 29:155-165
Belongs to Pteria according to I. Hayami 1958
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 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: MM 2737. Its type locality is Niranohama, Utatsu-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the Niranohama Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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