Monotis styriaca Stur 1871 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Belongs to Monotis according to E. Kittl 1912

Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Monotis), 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Donnerswand, Frein, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Austria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Donnerswand, Frein

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