Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99
Belongs to Claraia according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1977
Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bioni, Claraia bittneri, Claraia chakkapaki, Claraia clarai, Claraia concentrica, Claraia dieneri, Claraia extrema, Claraia fenghaiensis, Claraia fukianensis, Claraia griesbachi, Claraia guangyuanensis, Claraia guizhouensis, Claraia hunanica, Claraia intermedia, Claraia jiangyouensis, Claraia liuqiaoensis, Claraia longyanensis, Claraia mulleri, Claraia ovalis, Claraia pamirensis, Claraia perthensis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia punjabiensis, Claraia radialis, Claraia shabaonica, Claraia stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis, Peribositra baoqingensis
Type specimen: HGT 74. Its type locality is "Parachaetetes Marls", Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl in Tunisia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Tunisia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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