Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Parent taxon: Monotis according to J. A. Grant-Mackie 1978
See also Silberling et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Pacimonotis), Monotis dalmatina, Monotis haueri, Monotis inaequivalvis, Monotis lineata, Monotis montini, Monotis mukaihatensis, Monotis nelgekhensis, Monotis pinensis, Monotis pygmaea, Monotis rudis, Monotis salinaria, Monotis scutiformis, Monotis stoppanii, Monotis styriaca
Subtaxa: Monotis (Monotis) alaskana Monotis (Monotis) anjuensis Monotis (Monotis) digona Monotis (Monotis) haueri Monotis (Monotis) hoernesi Monotis (Monotis) megalota Monotis (Monotis) salinaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (4 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), Iran (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (18: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 32 collections including 39 occurrences