Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106
Belongs to Meleagrina according to J. Böhm 1891
Sister taxa: Pinctada albina, Pinctada imbricata, Pinctada maculata, Pinctada margaritifera, Pinctada margaritiferus, Pinctada maxima, Margaritifera (Palaeomargaritifera), Avicula (Meleagrina) foulloni, Meleagrina crassicardia, Meleagrina antiqua
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerharsreit Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben
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