Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative spelling: Claraia (Guichiella)
Full reference: J. H. Li and B. L. Ding. 1981. Two new lamellibranch genera from Lower Triassic of Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(4):325-330
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to J. H. Li and B. L. Ding 1981
See also Chen and Komatsu 2002, Fang et al. 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Guichiella angulata Guichiella styliformis Guichiella subrotunda
Type: Guichiella angulata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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