Pteria peregrina Stoyanow 1949 (pearl oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Full reference: A. Stoyanow. 1949. Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in southeastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 38:1-156

Belongs to Pteria according to A. Stoyanow 1949

Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, Pteria cassiana, Pteria clarki, Pteria colymbus, Pteria datongensis, Pteria dianensis, Pteria elegans, Pteria fragilis, Pteria guizhouensis, Pteria hechuanensis, Pteria hertleini, Pteria hirundo, Pteria howei, Pteria infelix, Pteria inornata, Pteria interrupta, Pteria jordani, Pteria kitakamiensis, Pteria kitsoni, Pteria laksel, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria mazatlanica, Pteria murchisoni, Pteria nasuta, Pteria notukeuensis, Pteria papyracea, Pteria pellucida, Pteria penguin, Pteria plana, Pteria raricosta, Pteria rugosa, Pteria sanqiaoensis, Pteria spedeni, Pteria sterna, Pteria sturi, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis

Type specimen: 91841

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pteria peregrina in the database

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