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Pteria argentea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Avicula argentea was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30644, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Pteria argentea by Dall (1898), Mansfield (1940) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Avicula argentea Conrad p. 295
1898	Pteria argentea Dall p. 699
1940	Pteria argentea Mansfield p. 178
1982	Pteria argentea Dockery p. 40

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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	argentea	()

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 argentea Conrad 1848

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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 Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	Pteria argentea (98653)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	USA (Mississippi)	Avicula argentea (84137) Pteria argentea (5501 5612 5820 5867 5942 5943 5944 5947 6002 6004 6005 7114 66309 66312 74077 74078 74081 155947)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	USA (Alabama)	Pteria argentea (205613)