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Pteria

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Pteria may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285329	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285329
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16981	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16981

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteria

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteria

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Pteriidae	Gray 1847
genus	Pteria	Scopoli 1777

Scientific Name

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Name Published In

Scopoli, Giovanni A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Prague.: ; 1–506;.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated with evidence	Grant and Gale, 1931
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated with evidence	Squires, 2001
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012
Pteria	genus	belongs to Pteriidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (9.3%)

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Pteriidae)

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Pteriidae)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite,intermediate,minor ribbing, minor spines (based on Pteriidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteria

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Avicula argentea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula cornea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula inornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula interrupta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula largillierti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula nasuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Avicula raricosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gervillia murchisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gervillia ussurica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria admirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria aegyptiaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria aquatilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria argentea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	38.0 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pteria avicular species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria bernhardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria berryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria bisincilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Pteria boussaci species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria broomei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria brunnea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria bulliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria cabrai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria carixensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pteria cassiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pteria clarki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Pteria colymbus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pteria conturnix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria cooki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria datongensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pteria dendronephthya species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria deusseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria dianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria entomotis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria erecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria eximia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria fibrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria formosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria fragilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria gregata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria guizhouensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria hechuanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Pteria hertleini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pteria heteroptera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria hirundo species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pteria howei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria howensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria infelix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pteria inornata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		25	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Pteria interrupta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pteria invalida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria jordani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pteria kitakamiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pteria laciniata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria laksel ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pteria lata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria levitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria libella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria limula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	47.8 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Pteria linguiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria maccullochi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria maura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria morio species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria murchisoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria notukeuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pteria oneroaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria papyracea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Pteria parkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria pellucida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Pteria penguin ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pteria peregrina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria petropolitana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria plana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Pteria propleura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria raricosta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pteria reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria rhombica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria richardsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pteria rugosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria salinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria sanqiaoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pteria signata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria spectrum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria spedeni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pteria squamifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pteria stabilitatis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria sterna species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pteria straminea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria sturi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		19	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pteria sublevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria tortirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria triangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria ussurica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		115	254 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria venezuelensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria welleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteria yonganensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pteroperna plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ptenia Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : *Ptenia*
Austropteria Iredale, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : *Austropteria*
Magnavicula Iredale, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : *Magnavicula*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1777	Pteria Scopoli
1795	Glaucoderma Poli pp. 254, 260
1815	Anonica Oken p. 830
1931	Pteria Grant and Gale p. 147
1937	Pteria Russell and Landes p. 136
1939	Magnavicula Iredale
1980	Magnavicula Vokes p. 37
1980	Pteria Vokes p. 37

Year	Name and Author
1982	Pteria Dockery p. 40
1998	Pteria Lamprell and Healy p. 94
2001	Pteria Squires p. 15
2002	Pteria Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Pteria Spencer et al.
2010	Pteria Bouchet et al.
2012	Pteria Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 218
2014	Pteria Ros-Franch et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Grant U. S., Gale H. R. (1931) Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California, Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1, 1-1036

Russell L. S., Landes R. W. (1937) Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Squires R. L. (2001) Additions to the Eocene megafossil fauna of the Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, southern California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 489, 1-40

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Scopoli J. A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium, hactenus detecta, characteristibus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Praga, Wolfgang Gerle, viii + 506 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Intr. Hist. Nat. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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