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Pteria jordani

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Pteria jordani was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 25, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 425, Dry Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in California.

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
1928	Pteria jordani Wiedey p. 134 figs. Plate 14, figure 4; Plate 15, figure 3
1983	Pteria jordani Moore p. A83 figs. Plate 25, figure 1
2020	Pteria jordani Hendy

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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	jordani

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 jordani Wiedey 1928

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Voigt 1973

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	Pteria jordani (type locality: 220064)