Pinna simionescui Friesenbichler et al. 2019 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Full reference: E. Friesenbichler, M. Hautmann, E. Grădinaru and H. Bucher. 2019. A highly diverse bivalve fauna from a Bithynian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) Tubiphytes‐microbial buildup in North Dobrogea (Romania). Papers in Palaeontology 7:447-495

Belongs to Pinna according to E. Friesenbichler et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Pinna (Pinna), Pinna (Sulcatopinna), Pinna alborzica, Pinna ampla, Pinna arata, Pinna asakuraensis, Pinna bascoi, Pinna bicolor, Pinna brewerii, Pinna calamitoides, Pinna carnea, Pinna cawcawensis, Pinna confutsiana, Pinna consimilis, Pinna constantini, Pinna cordata, Pinna credneri, Pinna cretacea, Pinna cuneiformis, Pinna decussata, Pinna deltodes, Pinna deshayesi, Pinna dolosoniensis, Pinna equivillana, Pinna expansa, Pinna folium, Pinna freneixae, Pinna gravida, Pinna hartmanni, Pinna incurva, Pinna inexpectans, Pinna kawhiana, Pinna kingii, Pinna laqueata, Pinna laticostata, Pinna latissima, Pinna latrania, Pinna lima, Pinna llajasensis, Pinna margaritacea, Pinna meriani, Pinna mitis, Pinna muikadanensis, Pinna muricata, Pinna octavia, Pinna pacata, Pinna papyracea, Pinna pectinata, Pinna petrina, Pinna pontica, Pinna punjabensis, Pinna qinghaiensis, Pinna raibliana, Pinna reginamaris, Pinna rembangensis, Pinna richthofeni, Pinna robinaldina, Pinna robusta, Pinna rudis, Pinna saccata, Pinna semicostata, Pinna semisulcata, Pinna shekhanensis, Pinna sublanceolata, Pinna triquetra, Pinna vexillum

Type specimen: LPB IIIL 2006 (right valve). Its type locality is Mahmudia Quarry, Caeracul Mare Hill, sample 114, which is in a Bithynian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone in the Caerace Formation of Romania.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mahmudia Quarry, Caeracul Mare Hill, sample 114

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