Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319

Belongs to Pteria according to F. X. Guo 1985

Sister taxa: Pteria argentea, 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: IVy 0140, a valve (Left valve, external mold). Its type locality is Huanglishu, Pingzhen, Yanshan County, which is in a Griesbachian marine horizon in the Ximatang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 8.78