Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Belongs to Pteria according to C. J. Maury 1936
Sister taxa: Pteria (Margaritifera), Pteria argentea, Pteria aspera, Pteria berryi, Pteria bisincilis, 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 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Porto dos Barcos (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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