Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Full reference: C. Xu. 1978. Lamellibranchiata. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:315-364

Belongs to Pteria according to C. Xu 1978

Sister taxa: Pteria argentea, Pteria bisincilis, Pteria colymbus, Pteria dianensis, 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: Its type locality is Yanjingxi, Feixianguan Fm, Hechuan County, which is in an Induan carbonate limestone in the Feixianguan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder