Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319
Belongs to Pteria according to F. X. Guo 1985
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria berryi, Pteria cabrai, Pteria carixensis, Pteria cassiana, Pteria clarki, Pteria colymbus, Pteria datongensis, Pteria dianensis, Pteria elegans, Pteria fragilis, Pteria guizhouensis, Pteria hechuanensis, Pteria hertleini, Pteria hirundo, Pteria howei, Pteria infelix, Pteria inornata, Pteria interrupta, Pteria jordani, Pteria kitakamiensis, Pteria kitsoni, Pteria laksel, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria mazatlanica, Pteria murchisoni, Pteria nasuta, Pteria notukeuensis, Pteria papyracea, Pteria pellucida, Pteria penguin, Pteria peregrina, Pteria plana, Pteria raricosta, Pteria rugosa, Pteria sanqiaoensis, Pteria spedeni, Pteria sterna, Pteria sturi, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis
Type specimen: IVy 0140, a valve (Left valve, external mold). Its type locality is Huanglishu, Pingzhen, Yanshan County, which is in a Griesbachian marine horizon in the Ximatang Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Huanglishu, Pingzhen, Yanshan County
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