Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Alternative combination: Avicula cassiana
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236
Belongs to Pteria according to E. Friesenbichler et al. 2019
See also Awad 1945 and Bittner 1895
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, 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 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (9 collections), Egypt (1), Italy (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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