Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Alternative combinations: Lyrodon ovatum, Myophoria (Leviconcha) ovata, Myophoria ovata
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to C. Neri and R. Posenato 1985
See also Bittner 1901, Chen 1982, Giebel 1856, Gu et al. 1976, Lepsius 1878, Ogilvie Gordon 1927 and Waagen 1907
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Neoschizodus) kreitneri, Neoschizodus (Leviconcha), Neoschizodus (Okunominetania), Neoschizodus cardissoides, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus hubeiensis, Neoschizodus kitakamiensis, Neoschizodus kobayashii, Neoschizodus kolymensis, Neoschizodus laevigatus, Neoschizodus mongumensis, Neoschizodus orbicularis, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus praeorbicularis, Neoschizodus thaynesianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (10 collections), Chile (2), China (9), Germany (4), Hungary (31), India (2), Italy (11), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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