Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: V. A. Gavrilova. 1998. Rannetriasovye klarayi (Bivalvia) Vostochnogo Predkavkaz'ya I Mangyshlaka. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Geologicheskiy 73(1):29-36

Belongs to Claraia according to V. A. Gavrilova 1998

Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), 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 jiangyouensis, Claraia liuqiaoensis, Claraia mulleri, Claraia perthensis, Claraia posidoniformis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia stachei, Claraia vozini, Claraia yunnanensis, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis

Type specimen: TsNIGR 6/12903, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Zimnyaya Stavka area, well 75, 3523-3530 m, eastern Stavropol, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Dem'yanovskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 6.63