Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Alternative combination: Avicula argentea

Belongs to Pteria according to D. T. Dockery 1982

Sister taxa: Pteria bisincilis, Pteria colymbus, Pteria dianensis, Pteria hechuanensis, Pteria hirundo, Pteria infelix, Pteria inornata, Pteria lata, Pteria limula, Pteria murchisoni, Pteria nasuta, Pteria notukeuensis, Pteria pellucida, Pteria penguin, Pteria peregrina, Pteria plana, Pteria richardsoni, Pteria spedeni, Pteria squamifera, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis

Type specimen: ANSP 30644, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder