Eumorphotis nationalis Smith 1927 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Eumorphotis according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Eumorphotis amplicostata, Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis ericius, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis spicata, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata, Neomorphotis gigantea, Neomorphotis comta, Neomorphotis compta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 9385, south bank of Yukon River, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in Alaska

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 9385, south bank of Yukon River

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