Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative spelling: Eopterinia
Full reference: Z.-J. Fang and J.C.W. Cope. 2004. Early Ordovician Bivalves from Dali, West Yunnan, China. Palaeontology 47(5):1121-1158
Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to Z.-J. Fang and J.C.W. Cope 2004
See also Wang et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limoptera, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Willipteria, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha
Subtaxa: Eopterinea aequiconcha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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