Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: M. Wang. 1993. Bivalve fauna from uppermost Permian and lowermost Triassic of Fenghai, Yong'an, Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32(4):471-475

Belongs to Claraia according to M. Wang 1993

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

Type specimen: FJ-47-38, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Jueqian Bed 47, Fenghai, Yong'an County, which is in a Griesbachian marine siltstone in the Xikou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder