Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Alternative combinations: Avicula speluncaria, Gryphites speluncarius, Monotis speluncaria, Pseudomonotis speluncaria

Synonyms: Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829, Monotis garforthensis King 1850, Monotis gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829, Monotis radialis Phillips 1834, Ostrea matercula de Verneuil 1845, Pecten radialis Phillips 1834, Prospondylus noinskyi Licharew 1931, Pseudomonotis (Eumicrotis) radialis Phillips 1834, Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) garforthensis King 1850, Pseudomonotis garforthensis King 1850, Pseudomonotis radialis Phillips 1834

Full reference: E. F. von Schlotheim. 1816. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in Geognostischer Hinsicht. Denkschriften der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Munchen für des Jahre 1816 und 1817 6:13-36

Belongs to Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) according to V. A. Muromtseva and V. A. Guskov 1984

See also de Verneuil 1845, Diener 1915, Fantini Sestini 1965, Geinitz 1841, Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850, Langenhan 1899, Logan 1967, Muromtseva 1981, Newell 1955, Newell and Boyd 1970, Pattison 1970, Phillips 1834, Sowerby 1829, von Schlotheim 1816 and Waagen 1881

Sister taxon: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) permianus

Type specimens:

  • Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria: Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany
  • Avicula gryphaeoides: Its type locality is Humbleton Quarry, Durham (Sedgwick coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Monotis garforthensis: Its type locality is Garforth (York Museum collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Ostrea matercula: Its type locality is Itschalki, Piana River, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation.
  • Prospondylus noinskyi:
  • Pseudomonotis radialis:

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (2 collections), Greenland (8), India (3), Iran (1), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (14), the United Kingdom (41), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 76 collections including 77 occurrences

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