Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Parent taxon: Pterioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, Isberg 1934, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Spencer et al. 2004 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Bakevelliidae, Cassianellidae, Kochiidae, Malleidae, Pergamidiidae, Plicatostylidae, Vlastidae, Melinidae
Subtaxa: Actinopterinia Arcavicula Austropteria Confusionella Dattinae Electroma Eopinctada Joachymia Limopteria Pachyperna Phelopteria Pinctada Pseudaucella Pterelectroma Pteria Pteriinae Pterinellinae Pteroperna Ptychopterinia Rhaetavicula Rhynchopterus Somapteria Stefaninia Triaxus
Type: Margaritifera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Bermuda (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Iran (1), Japan (3), Kenya (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (13: Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Costa Rica (1), Haiti (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), United States (3: Florida, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (5), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (4), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (4), France (2), Germany (4), Grenada (2), Indonesia (1), Moldova (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (13), Puerto Rico (1), United States (11: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of France (25), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Japan (2), Mexico (1), United States (20: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (1), Japan (7), Mexico (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (87: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), France (1), New Zealand (1), United States (14: Alabama, Maryland, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3), Argentina (29), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Cameroon (1), Canada (10: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (22), Germany (6), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (9), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), Poland (5), South Africa (1), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (206: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Chile (6), China (8), France (21), Germany (4), India (28), Israel (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), Kenya (1), New Zealand (7), Poland (10), Portugal (68), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (4), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (1: Alaska), Yemen (1)
• Triassic of Austria (73), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (110), Egypt (1), France (9), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (13), Iran (5), Israel (1), Italy (44), Japan (8), Kazakhstan (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (3), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (11), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (66: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (10)
• Permian to Triassic of China (21)
• Permian of China (8), the Russian Federation (1), Tanzania (4), United States (3: Alaska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (3: Alaska, Indiana, Missouri)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (3), Vietnam (4)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (6), Italy (1)
• Ordovician of Sweden (2)
Total: 1256 collections including 1429 occurrences