Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Pleurophorus mexicanum
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. Paleontology of the Manzano group. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 389:40-141
Belongs to Permophorus according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Girty 1909
Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, Permophorus bregeri, Permophorus complanatus, Permophorus costatus, Permophorus gregarius, Permophorus guangxingensis, Permophorus lianyuanensis, 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 timoricus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus occidentalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (10: Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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