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Streblopteria
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Streblochondriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Streblopteria M'COY, 1851, p. 170
Type Species:
Meleagrina laevigata M'Coy, 1844, SD Meek & WORTHEN, 1866, p. 333
Images
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Fig. C63,1. *S. laevigata (M'Coy), holo., L.Carb., Ire., LV ext., X1 (407b)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Miss.-Perm., cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Orbicular, smooth shells with gibbous umbones, posterior auricle poorly defined, with obtuse posterodorsal angle
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Streblochondriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Streblopteria M'COY, 1851, p. 170
Type Species:
Meleagrina laevigata M'Coy, 1844, SD Meek & WORTHEN, 1866, p. 333
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C63,1. *S. laevigata (M'Coy), holo., L.Carb., Ire., LV ext., X1 (407b)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Miss.-Perm., cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Orbicular, smooth shells with gibbous umbones, posterior auricle poorly defined, with obtuse posterodorsal angle