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Pterioida

Bivalvia - Pterioida

Taxonomy

Pterioida was named by Newell (1965). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pteriomorpha by Grant-Mackie (1978), Squires (1984) and Squires (1987); to Bivalvia by Squires (1988) and Sepkoski (2002); to Pteriomorphia by Giribet and Wheeler (2002) and Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); and to Pteriomorphia by Newell (1965), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Ward (1992), Coan et al. (2000), Spencer et al. (2004) and Scholz et al. (2008).

Subtaxa

Amuropecten, Annulinectes, Arzelella, Bakevellidae, Barehamia, Canadotis, Capedopecten, Cleidochondrella, Colpentolium, Cornutoentolium, Costentolium, Cussetostrea, Echinopecten, Entomonotis, Euthymipecten, Fibrosopecten, Freneixita, Freneixostrea, Fylgia, Gervilleiogoma, Gervilletia, Gondwanella, Grabella, Gryphaeligmus, Ignara, Indonectes, Intodesma, Jeletzkiella, Kabyaipecten, Kobayshites, Konbostrea, Lamellotacea, Lentilla, Lithioperna, Loemmelella, Lywcea, Minervapecten, Moussonella, Mysidoptera, Neitheops, Neoentolium, Notochlamy, Novaculaperma, Opiotoptera, Pacimonotis, Periclaria, Pichlerella, Pinnina, Platygena, Pomiropecten, Praeaucellina, Praebuchia, Praesondylopecten, Proostrea, Prospondylidea, Pseudogyra, Pseudovola, Pteriina, Pterinoactinodesma, Pterioidina, Raricardium, Rhyssomytiloides, Scythemtolium, Soleniscostrea, Sorngyaceramus, Spia, Stappyersella, Tarturia, Titaonpecten, Trematiconcha, Unica, Uralopteria, Vertinomia, Xenium

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Pterioida Newell p. 16
1977	Pterioida Adegoke p. 231
1978	Pterioida Grant-Mackie
1980	Pterioida Vokes p. 30
1983	Pterioida Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89
1984	Pterioida Squires p. 43
1987	Pterioida Squires p. 57
1987	Pterioida Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1988	Pterioida Squires p. 18
1992	Pterioida Ward p. 63
2000	Pterioida Coan et al. pp. 125, 191
2002	Pterioida Giribet and Wheeler
2002	Pterioida Sepkoski
2004	Pterioida Spencer et al.
2006	Pterioida Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2008	Pterioida Scholz et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
order	Pterioida
order	Pterioida

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Pterioida Newell 1965

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G. †Amuropecten

G. †Annulinectes Allasinaz 1972

G. †Arzelella

G. †Barehamia

G. †Canadotis

G. †Capedopecten

†Capedopecten anellus Dijkstra and Janssen 1988

G. †Cleidochondrella Freneix and Lefevre 1967

G. †Colpentolium

G. †Cornutoentolium

G. †Costentolium Freneix 1980

†Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840

†Costentolium proeteus D'Orbigny 1847

G. †Cussetostrea

G. †Echinopecten Brasil 1895

G. †Entomonotis

G. †Euthymipecten

G. †Fibrosopecten

G. †Freneixita Stenzel 1971

G. †Freneixostrea

G. †Fylgia

G. †Gervilleiogoma

G. †Gervilletia

G. †Gondwanella

G. †Grabella

G. †Gryphaeligmus

†Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925

G. †Ignara

G. †Indonectes

G. †Intodesma Popov 1958

G. †Jeletzkiella

G. †Kabyaipecten

G. †Kobayshites Hayami 1959

G. †Konbostrea

G. †Lentilla Conti and Monari 1992

†Lentilla humilis Conti and Monari 1992

G. †Lithioperna

G. †Loemmelella

G. †Lywcea

G. †Minervapecten

G. †Moussonella

G. †Mysidoptera Salomon 1895

G. †Neitheops Stewart 1930

G. †Neoentolium Romanov 1985

†Neoentolium cingulatum Goldfuss 1835

†Neoentolium renevieri Oppel 1856

G. Notochlamy Cotton 1930

G. †Novaculaperma

G. †Opiotoptera

G. †Pacimonotis Grant-Mackie and Silberling 1990

G. †Periclaria

G. †Pichlerella

G. †Platygena

G. †Pomiropecten

G. †Praeaucellina

G. †Praebuchia

G. †Praesondylopecten

Fm. †Prospondylidea Ptchelincev 1960

G. †Terquemia Tate 1868

†Terquemia andina Damborenea 2002

†Terquemia angustula Bittner 1895

†Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820

†Terquemia heberti Terquem and Piette 1865

†Terquemia pectiniformis Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860

†Terquemia spondylina Bittner 1895

Invalid names: Carpenteria Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 [replaced]

G. †Protostrea Chen 1976

G. †Pseudogyra

G. †Pseudovola Lissajous 1923

Subor. †Pteriina Newell 1965

Invalid names: Cercomyoidea Crickmay 1936 [empty], Dimyacea Fischer 1886 [empty]

G. †Pterinoactinodesma

G. †Raricardium

G. †Rhyssomytiloides Hessel 1988

G. †Scythemtolium Allasinaz 1972

G. †Soleniscostrea

G. †Sorngyaceramus

G. †Spia

G. †Stappyersella Maillieux 1920

G. †Tarturia

G. †Titaonpecten

G. †Trematiconcha Newell and Boyd 1970

G. †Unica

G. †Uralopteria

G. †Vertinomia

G. †Xenium

Invalid names: Bakevellidae King 1850 [empty], Lamellotacea Horvath 1966 [empty], Pinnina Waller 1978 [empty], Pterioidina Newell 1965 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Composition 2:

aragoniteo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

LIFE HISTORY: low-level epifaunal tier according to Bottjer and Ausich (1986).o

Created:

2004-02-28 12:33:39

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:24:52

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 450.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 445.5 Ma

Collections (336 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Maysvillian - Richmondian	450.2 - 445.5	USA (Minnesota)	Pterioida indet. (357)
Rhuddanian	443.4 - 440.8	Canada (Ontario)	Pterioida indet. (26776)
Pridoli	423.0 - 419.2	France	Pterioida indet. (26108)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	New Zealand	Pterioida indet. (40534)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	USA (New York)	Pterioida indet. (26689)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian	419.2 - 382.7	Colombia	Pterioida indet. (35912 35913 35914 35915)
Early/Lower Emsian	409.1 - 402.5	Germany	Pterioida indet. (74300)
Emsian - Eifelian	407.6 - 387.7	Colombia	Pterioida indet. (35867 35868 35870 35871 35872 35873 35885 35886 35887 35888 35889 35890 35891 35893 35975 35976 35977 35979)
Late/Upper Emsian	402.5 - 391.9	Czech Republic	Pterioida indet. (12144)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian	393.3 - 358.9	Colombia	Pterioida indet. (35883)
Late/Upper Frasnian	379.5 - 376.1	Libya	Pterioida indet. (35638)
Meramecian	343.0 - 335.5	USA (Georgia)	Pterioida indet. (571 573 574)
Late/Upper Mississippian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (California)	Kabyaipecten leisingi Watkins MS (143610 143612)
Serpukhovian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (California)	Kabyaipecten sp. (587)
Morrowan	323.2 - 318.6	USA (Colorado)	Pterioida indet. (42822)
Morrowan	323.2 - 318.6	USA (Arizona)	Pterioida indet. (42711)
Atokan	318.6 - 312.8	USA (Arizona)	Pterioida indet. (42715)
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Illinois)	Pterioida indet. (49831)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Thailand	Pterioida indet. (42775 42776 42777)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Greenland	Enantiostreon difforme (48115 118489 118781)