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Pteria hertleini

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy
Pteria hertleini was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is Leland Stanford Junior University 434, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 200, Los Vaqueros Valley, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pteria hertleini Wiedey p. 133 figs. Plate 21, figure 1
1932Pteria hertleini Loel and Corey p. 188 figs. Plate 10, figures 1, 4
1983Pteria hertleini Moore p. A82 figs. Plate 24, figure 6
2020Pteria hertleini Hendy

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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
specieshertleini

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 hertleini Wiedey 1928
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Diagnosis
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