Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Parent taxon: Pteriidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada, Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria, Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Subtaxa: Electroma alacorvi Electroma notiala
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), French Polynesia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), France (1), New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Japan (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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