Orthopinna boonensis Yancey 2024 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Full reference: T. E. Yancey. 2024. Revision of Late Paleozoic pinnid genera and North American species of bivalve family Pinnidae. Bulletin of American Paleontology 410:1-83

Belongs to Orthopinna according to T. E. Yancey 2024

Sister taxa: Orthopinna consimilis, Orthopinna lata, Orthopinna modesta, Orthopinna sagitta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Salina pinnid, which is in an Osagean/Meramecian marine horizon in the Boone Formation of Oklahoma

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Salina pinnid

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