Pergamidia attalea Bittner 1891 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pergamidiidae

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

Belongs to Pergamidia according to A. Bittner 1891

Sister taxa: Pergamidia eumena, Pergamidia eumenea, Pergamidia timorensis

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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