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Pteria aspera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Avicula aspera was named by Pichler (1857).

It was recombined as Pteria aspera by Dominici and Danise (2024).

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

Synonyms

Avicula flabellum was named by Schafhautl (1863).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pteria aspera by Dominici and Danise (2024).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1857	Avicula aspera Pichler
1863	Avicula flabellum Schafhautl
1889	Avicula aspera von Wöhrmann
1901	Avicula aspera Bittner
2024	Pteria aspera Dominici and Danise p. 15 figs. 7AH-AJ

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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	aspera	(Pichler 1857)

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 aspera Pichler 1857

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Invalid names: Avicula flabellum Schafhautl 1863 [synonym]

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: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Tuvalian or 239.48000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Longobardian	239.48 - 237.0	Italy	Pteria aspera (236005)
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy (Lombardy)	Pteria aspera (85251)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Germany	Avicula aspera (206011)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Hungary	Pteria aspera (70797)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Austria (Tyrol)	Avicula aspera (202331)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Hungary (Bakony)	Avicula aspera (203197 203199 203210 203276)
Julian - Tuvalian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy	Pteria aspera (61749)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Austria	Avicula aspera (149436)