Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Belongs to Pteria according to B. Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Pteria argentea, Pteria bisincilis, 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 peregrina, Pteria plana, Pteria richardsoni, Pteria spedeni, Pteria squamifera, Pteria ussurica, Pteria yonganensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder