Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1864. Remarks on the family Pteriidae, (=Aviculidae) with descriptions of some new fossil genera. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 37:212-220
Parent taxon: Pinnidae according to T. E. Yancey et al. 2022
See also Anelli et al. 2006 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Atrina, Chimaeroderma, Curvula, Cyrtopinna, Exitopinna, Meekopinna, Pinna, Plesiopinna, Quantulopinna, Servatrina, Stegoconcha, Streptopinna, Subitopinna, Trichites
Subtaxa: Aviculopinna neukirchensis Aviculopinna peracuta Aviculopinna pinnaeformis
Type: Solen pinnaeformis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Leonard of United States (1: Utah collection)
• Permian of Germany (2), Iran (1), Japan (2), Mexico (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (24: Arizona, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Virgilian of United States (37: Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas)
• Chesterian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (3), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico)
• Mississippian of United States (1: California)
Total: 95 collections including 97 occurrences
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