Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Rhynchopterus obesus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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