Pulvinites Blainville 1824 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Parent taxon: Pulvinitidae according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Hypotrema
Subtaxa: Pulvinites adansoni Pulvinites californica Pulvinites pacifica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), United States (4: Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee)
• Jurassic of Argentina (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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