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Pteroperna costatula

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Pteroperna costatula was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1824).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Pteria malayensis, P. blakei, P. boehmi, P. costulata, P. credneriana, P. gessneri, P. lingulata, P. minima, P. pauciradiata, P. poliodon, P. polyodon, P. pygmaea, P. shuklai

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1824	Pteroperna costatula Eudes-Deslongchamps

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Pteriidae	Gray 1847
genus	Pteroperna	Lycett 1850
species	costatula	Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824

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.

†Pteroperna costatula Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

intermediatef

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

minorf

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Epibiont:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 05:06:17

Modified:

2009-08-17 21:45:10

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France	Pteroperna costatula (38738)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Pteroperna costatula (36552)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Italy	Pteroperna costatula (160187 160188)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Pteroperna costatula (96175)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Pteroperna costatula (36546)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Pteroperna costatula (96191)