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Pteria sterna

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Description

PTERIA STERNA (GOULD, 1851)

East Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico, Guaymas, Sonora, Bahia de Bacochibampo (one pair with tissue, AMNH 311731); same as previous (one pair with tissue, AMNH 311789); East Pacific, San Diego, California, on rocks, just below low tide (one pair; AMNH 206564); East Pacific, Veracruz, Vacamonte, Panama (seven pairs; AMNH 156682); East Pacific, Topolobampo, Mexico (approximately 40 pairs; AMNH 262822); East Pacific, Puerto Penasco, Mexico (two pairs; FMNH 171811).

Principal reference: Kiefert et al. (2004) (shell microstructure).

Notes

Published as part of Tëmkin, Ilya, 2006, Morphological perspective on the classification and evolution of Recent Pterioidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia), pp. 253-312 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (3) on page 309, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00257.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5427755

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gould
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Ostreida
Family
Pteriidae
Genus
Pteria
Species
sterna
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) sec. Tëmkin, 2006