Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95
Belongs to Pleuronectites according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Pleuronectites balatonicus, Pleuronectites difformis, Pleuronectites hirabarensis, Pleuronectites laevigatus, Pleuronectites newelli
Type specimen: AMNH 44069, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is AMNH B8517, Cottonwood Pass, which is in a Spathian shallow subtidal limestone in the Moenkopi Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (4: Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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