Perna loczyi Frech 1912 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Full reference: F. Frech. 1912. Die Leitfossilien der Werfener Schichten und Nachträge zur Fauna des Muschelkalkes der Cassianer und Raibler Schichten sowie des Rhaet und des Dachsteindolomites (Hauptdolomit) [The main fossils of the Werfen Formation]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(6):1-95

Belongs to Perna according to F. Frech 1912

Sister taxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta), Isognomon (Iranognomon), Isognomon (Isognomon), Isognomon (Melina), Isognomon (Mulletia), Isognomon (Parviperna), Isognomon (Semignomon), Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bicolor, Isognomon gariesensis, Isognomon gaudichaudi, Isognomon isognomoides, Isognomon isognomon, Isognomon isognomonoides, Isognomon legumen, Isognomon lusitanicus, Isognomon maxillata, Isognomon nucleus, Isognomon orientalis, Isognomon perna, Isognomon radiatus, Isognomon repini, Isognomon ricordeanus, Isognomon valvanoi, Perna inaequivalvis, Perna mytiloides, Perna subplana, Perna infraliasica, Perna latoconvexa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sümeger-wald, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate dolomite in Hungary

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sümeger-wald

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