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Pteria limula

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Pteria limula was named by Conrad (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6813]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aculeati, P. africana, P. aguilerae, P. annosa, P. anomala, P. aviculoides, P. boydi, P. cassiata, P. caudata, P. chipolana, P. contorta, P. cortinensis, P. costatula, P. coturnix, P. credneriana, P. deusseni, P. falcata, P. frechii, P. gansingensis, P. hallensis, P. hoffmanni, P. hofmanni, P. insolita, P. kokeni, P. linderi, P. loveni, P. masatanii, P. media, P. mugikawensis, P. multangula, P. murchisoni, P. murchisoni, P. navicula, P. nebrascensis, P. nitida, P. obliqua, P. oneroaensis, P. papyracia, P. percompressa, P. petropolitana, P. petrosa, P. phalaenacea, P. phalenacea, P. polyodon, P. pteropernoides, P. pygmaea, P. rhombica, P. rostrata, P. serini, P. spergenensis, P. stampinensis, P. stampinesis, P. stoppanii, P. tanganyicensis, P. tofanae, P. tofaniea, P. triptera, P. tuchteri, P. ussurica, P. ussurica, P. ussurica, P. vanwinkleae, P. vulgaris, P. peroblica, P. subdecussata, P. texturata, P. texturata, P. media, P. conradi, P. kamenka, P. petropolitana, P. petropolitana, P. tenuis, P. malayensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1833	Pteria limula Conrad
1919	Pteria limula Harris p. 29
2002	Pteria limula Kosnik

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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	limula	Conrad 1833

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 limula Conrad 1833

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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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (41 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Virginia)	Pteria limula (1445 1446)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	Pteria limula (1444)
Lutetian - Priabonian	48.07 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Pteria limula (1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1423 1426 1430 1432 1433)
Lutetian - Priabonian	48.07 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	Pteria limula (1417 1418 1420)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Pteria limula (2418 2419 81266 81278 81282 90600 98272 98360 205489)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Mississippi)	Pteria limula (90643 164232)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Louisiana)	Pteria limula (1414 90476 90652 91115 205501)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	Pteria limula (92212)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Mexico (Tamaulipas)	Pteria limula (43056)