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Pteronites magnus

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Pteronites magnus was named by Biakov (2013). Its type specimen is KGU 39/14639, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ledyanaya river, left bank of the Bolshaya Avlondya river (KGU coll), which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Nam Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Pteronites magnus Biakov p. 364 fig. 2
2019Pteronites magnus Biakov p. 245 figs. Pl 3, fig 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusPteronitesMcCoy 1842
speciesmagnus

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.

Pteronites magnus Biakov 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available