Avicula (Meleagrina) foulloni Bittner 1891 (pearl oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1891. Triaspetrefakten von Balia in Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt 41:97-116

Belongs to Avicula (Meleagrina) according to A. Bittner 1891

Sister taxa: Pinctada albina, Pinctada imbricata, Pinctada maculata, Pinctada margaritifera, Pinctada margaritiferus, Pinctada maxima, Margaritifera (Palaeomargaritifera), Meleagrina antiqua, Meleagrina crassicardia, Meleagrina schlosseri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balia (Spirigera beds), which is in a Triassic marine sandstone in Turkey

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Balia (Spirigera beds)

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