Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Clidophorus occidentalis
Full reference: F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden. 1864. Paleontology of the upper Missouri. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 14(172):1-135
Belongs to Pleurophorus according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Geinitz 1866, Meek and Hayden 1864 and White 1891
Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, Permophorus bregeri, Permophorus complanatus, Permophorus costatus, Permophorus gregarius, Permophorus guangxingensis, Permophorus lianyuanensis, Permophorus mexicanus, Permophorus oblongus, Permophorus obovatus, Permophorus octocostatus, Permophorus pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Maryland, Missouri)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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