Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative spellings: Pterinea (Cornellites), Ptychopteria (Cornellites)
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bailey 1983, Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Ptychopteria (Cornellites) fasciculata
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection)
• Devonian of Australia (3), Germany (2), Luxembourg (2), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (82: Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario), United States (25: New York)
Total: 122 collections including 133 occurrences
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