Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Alternative combination: Pseudomonotis (Claraia) stachei
Belongs to Claraia according to R. Hofmann et al. 2013
See also Bychkov et al. 1976, Chen 1982, Chen et al. 1974, Ciriacks 1963, Dagis et al. 1996, Kumagae and Nakazawa 2009, Muromtseva and Guskov 1984, Newell 1955, Newell and Boyd 1995, Newell and Kummel 1942, Shen et al. 1995, Spath 1935, Tozer 1961 and Yang et al. 1986
Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, 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 posidoniformis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia punjabiensis, Claraia radialis, Claraia shabaonica, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Peribositra bioni, Peribositra baoqingensis, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Armenia (3 collections), Australia (1), Azerbaijan (8), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (50), Greenland (115), India (2), Iran (3), Italy (6), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (8), Thailand (1), United States (13: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 222 collections including 225 occurrences
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