Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Pleurophorus bregeri
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446
Belongs to Permophorus according to R. Hofmann and M. Hautmann 2013
See also Ciriacks 1963, Girty 1927, Hofmann et al. 2013 and Newell and Kummel 1942
Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, 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 meeki, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (18 collections), United States (9: Idaho, Utah)
• Permian to Triassic of China (12)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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