Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Alternative combination: Gervillia murchisoni

Belongs to Pteria according to C. Xu 1978

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder