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Pichleria
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Limopsacea
Family:
Limopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pichleria BITTNER, 1894
Type Species:
Cucullaea auingeri LAUBE, 1865, OD
Images
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Fig. C11,8. *P. auingeri (Laube), 8a-c, RV ext., shell dorsal, RV int., X3 (58)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Subquadrate, strongly inequilateral, with prominent beaks and broad cardinal area, ornamented by widely spaced costae corresponding to crenulations of margin, rounded posterodorsal auricle set off from body of shell by broad sulcus
References
Bittner, Alexander, 1894, Einige Bemerkunge zu A. Rothpletz's "Ein geologischer Querschnitt durch die Ostalpen": Same, Verhandl., v. 28, no. 3, p. 87-102.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Limopsacea
Family:
Limopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pichleria BITTNER, 1894
Type Species:
Cucullaea auingeri LAUBE, 1865, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C11,8. *P. auingeri (Laube), 8a-c, RV ext., shell dorsal, RV int., X3 (58)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Subquadrate, strongly inequilateral, with prominent beaks and broad cardinal area, ornamented by widely spaced costae corresponding to crenulations of margin, rounded posterodorsal auricle set off from body of shell by broad sulcus
References
Bittner, Alexander, 1894, Einige Bemerkunge zu A. Rothpletz's "Ein geologischer Querschnitt durch die Ostalpen": Same, Verhandl., v. 28, no. 3, p. 87-102.