Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Sphenotus octocostatus
Belongs to Permophorus according to R. D. Hoare 1993
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 pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus elongatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bramwell Member, Bluestone Formation (Carboniferous of West Virginia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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