MolluscaBase taxon details
Pteronites McCoy, 1844 †
1653917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1653917)
accepted
Genus
Pteronites angustatus McCoy, 1844 † (type by subsequent designation)
Actinopteria (Pteronites) McCoy, 1844 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
M'Coy, F. (1844). A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. <em>University Press, Dublin.</em> 207 pp. + pls. 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11998389
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Original description Not available (nomen nudum) from Griffith (1842, Notice respecting the fossils of the mountain limestones of Ireland…: 13).
Original description Not available (nomen nudum) from Griffith (1842, Notice respecting the fossils of the mountain limestones of Ireland…: 13). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteronites McCoy, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1653917 on 2025-09-11
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original description
M'Coy, F. (1844). A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. <em>University Press, Dublin.</em> 207 pp. + pls. 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11998389
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Biakov, A. S. (2013). New Permian <i>Pteronites</i> (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) from the Lower Permian of the Omolon Massif, northeastern Asia. <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 47(4): 363-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030113040060 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Yancey, T. E.; Amler, M. R. W.; Raczyński, P.; Brandt, S. (2022). Rebuilding the foundation of late Paleozoic pinnid bivalve study (family Pinnidae). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(1): 140-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.55 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Biakov, A. S. (2013). New Permian <i>Pteronites</i> (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) from the Lower Permian of the Omolon Massif, northeastern Asia. <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 47(4): 363-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030113040060 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yancey, T. E.; Amler, M. R. W.; Raczyński, P.; Brandt, S. (2022). Rebuilding the foundation of late Paleozoic pinnid bivalve study (family Pinnidae). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(1): 140-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.55 [details] Available for editors
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Original description Not available (nomen nudum) from Griffith (1842, Notice respecting the fossils of the mountain limestones of Ireland…: 13). [details]
