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Pteria inornata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Avicula inornata was named by Gabb (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pteria inornata by Maury (1920), Olsson (1922).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aculeati, P. africana, P. caudata, P. coturnix, P. falcata, P. gansingensis, P. hofmanni, P. nitida, P. percompressa, P. petropolitana, P. phalaenacea, P. pygmaea, P. rostrata, P. serini, P. stoppanii, P. tanganyicensis, P. tofanae, P. tofaniea, P. ussurica, P. texturata, P. petropolitana, P. petropolitana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1920	Pteria inornata Maury p. 13
1922	Pteria inornata Olsson p. 195

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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	Pteria	Scopoli 1777
species	inornata	(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Pteria inornata Gabb 1873

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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:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-17 19:45:38

Modified:

2009-08-17 21:45:38

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Voigt 1973, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Panama	Pteria inornata (42607 42609 42626)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Grenada	Pteria inornata (58687)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Puerto Rico	Pteria inornata (80240)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Panama	Pteria inornata (52173)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Pteria inornata (145254)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Pteria inornata (93059 93145 93146 93159 93160 93162 93164 93174)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Pteria inornata (58816 58817 74934)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Costa Rica	Pteria inornata (134679)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Pteria inornata (75042)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Pteria inornata (134657)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Jamaica	Pteria inornata (58522 69090 69093 69094)