Pterioidina Newell, 1965

Chen, Jin-Hua & Stiller, Frank, 2007, The halobiid bivalve genus Enteropleura and a new species from the Middle Anisian of Guangxi, southern China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (1), pp. 53-61 : 56

Suborder Pterioidina Newell, 1965 Superfamily Posidonioidea Frech, 1909 Family Halobiidae Kittl, 1912

Diagnosis (after Waller in Waller and Stanley 2005: 21).— Monomyarian Posidonioidea with broadly expanded shells of low convexity, hinge long, commonly nearly as long as shell length, ligament alivincular or horizontally striated, commarginal plicae limited to early ontogeny, radial costellae, if present, stronger than commarginal ornament in late ontogeny.