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Pteria hechuanensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy
Pteria hechuanensis was named by Xu (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yanjingxi, Feixianguan Fm, Hechuan County, which is in an Induan carbonate limestone in the Feixianguan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pteria hechuanensis Xu p. 320 figs. Pl 104, figs 29,30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
genusPteriaScopoli 1777
specieshechuanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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