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Pteronitella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Pteronitella was named by Billings (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl S Prid]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterineidae by Vokes (1980); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pteronitella Billings
1980Pteronitella Vokes p. 36
2002Pteronitella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusPteronitellaBillings 1874

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pteronitella Billings 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).g
Created: 2009-06-05 13:50:25
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:50:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Lochkovian or 443.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (521)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (524)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Jiangxi) P. sp. (27897)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden P. sp. a (233125)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway P. retroflexa (14275 14307 14312 14314)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ireland P. retroflexa (499 501)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. retroflexa (79893)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. retroflexa (23057)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (23169 23173)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (England) P. retroflexa (23210 23211 23213) P. sp. (529)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. retroflexa (74670 74671 74805)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) P. retroflexa (478 479) P. sp. (523 533)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Spain P. retroflexa (13920)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) P. retroflexa (8296 8297 8304 8310 8312 8320 8321 8325 23103 23106 23107) P. sp. (23185)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine P. retroflexa (13873)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Spain P. retroflexa (13921)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Spain (Guadalajara) P. sp. (13929)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) P. sp. (593)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland P. retroflexa (13886)