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Pterineidae F. B. Meek, 1864 †
870755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870755)
accepted
Family
Pterineinae F. B. Meek, 1864 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Actinodesma Sandberger, 1856 †
- Genus Actinopteria J. Hall, 1883 †
- Genus Bolsopteria Kříž, 2005 †
- Genus Caneyella Girty, 1909 †
- Genus Caritodens Foerste, 1910 †
- Genus Cheiopteria Pojeta & Kříž, 1976 †
- Genus Cornellites H. S. Williams, 1908 †
- Genus Cyrtodontarca Yakovlev, 1903 †
- Genus Denticelox Pojeta & Gilbert-Tomlinson, 1977 †
- Genus Ectenodesma J. Hall, 1883 †
- Genus Eopterinea Z.-J. Fang & Cope, 2004 †
- Genus Glyptodesma J. Hall, 1883 †
- Genus Leptodesma J. Hall, 1883 †
- Genus Limoptera J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 †
- Genus Molinicola Liljedahl, 1984 †
- Genus Nennapteria Kříž, 2005 †
- Genus Newsomella Foerste, 1909 †
- Genus Oxytomoidea Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Genus Pegasella Caster, 1930 †
- Genus Pterinea G. A. Goldfuss, 1832 †
- Genus Pteronitella Billings, 1874 †
- Genus Pteronites McCoy, 1844 †
- Genus Ptychopteria J. Hall, 1883 †
- Genus Tolmaia H. S. Williams, 1908 †
- Genus Willipteria Yancey, 2025 †
- Genus Wuxuanites Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Genus Actinopterella H. S. Williams, 1908 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Follmannella H. S. Williams, 1908 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Carotidens [sic] † accepted as Caritodens Foerste, 1910 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cobracephalus Whidborne, 1896 † accepted as Actinodesma (Actinodesma) Sandberger, 1856 † accepted as Actinodesma Sandberger, 1856 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dozierella Newell, 1940 † accepted as Leptodesma J. Hall, 1883 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Leiopteria J. Hall, 1883 † accepted as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) J. Hall, 1883 † represented as Leptodesma J. Hall, 1883 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Liopteria [sic] † accepted as Leiopteria J. Hall, 1883 † accepted as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) J. Hall, 1883 † represented as Leptodesma J. Hall, 1883 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Myalinodonta Oehlert, 1881 † accepted as Limoptera J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pterinaea [sic] † accepted as Pterinea G. A. Goldfuss, 1832 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pterineinae F. B. Meek, 1864 †) Meek, F. B. (1864). Remarks on the family Pteriidae (= Aviculidae) with descriptions of some new fossil genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 2, 37: 212-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36896703
page(s): 217; note: original spelling Pteriniinae, based on Pterinia, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterinea. [details]
page(s): 217; note: original spelling Pteriniinae, based on Pterinia, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterinea. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pterineidae F. B. Meek, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870755 on 2026-06-30
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(of Pterineinae F. B. Meek, 1864 †) Meek, F. B. (1864). Remarks on the family Pteriidae (= Aviculidae) with descriptions of some new fossil genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 2, 37: 212-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36896703
page(s): 217; note: original spelling Pteriniinae, based on Pterinia, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterinea. [details]
page(s): 217; note: original spelling Pteriniinae, based on Pterinia, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterinea. [details]