Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93

Belongs to Pterinea according to W. H. Twenhofel 1928

See also Billings 1866

Sister taxa: Pterinea demissa, Pterinea flabellum, Pterinea goldfussi, Pterinea mclearni, Pterinea newarkensis, Pterinea pintoensis, Pterinea prolifica, Pterinea subasperula, Pterinea waylandsmithi

Type specimen: NMC 2459

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Crique de la Chaloupe (Silurian of Anticosti)

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