Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99

Belongs to Claraia according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1977

Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bioni, Claraia chakkapaki, Claraia clarae, Claraia concentrica, Claraia dieneri, Claraia extrema, Claraia fenghaiensis, Claraia fukianensis, Claraia griesbachi, Claraia guizhouensis, Claraia hubeiensis, Claraia hunanica, Claraia jiangyouensis, Claraia liuqiaoensis, Claraia mulleri, Claraia pamirensis, Claraia perthensis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia yunnanensis, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis

Type specimen: HGT 74. Its type locality is "Parachaetetes Marls", Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl in Tunisia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 23.1