Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Full reference: J. M. Dickins and R. A. McTavish. 1963. Lower Triassic marine fossils from the Beagle Ridge (BMR 10) Bore, Perth Basin, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 10(1):123-140
Belongs to Claraia according to J. M. Dickins and R. A. McTavish 1963
Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bioni, 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 posidoniformis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia punjabiensis, Claraia radialis, Claraia shabaonica, Claraia stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Peribositra baoqingensis, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis
Type specimen: CPC 4675, a valve (Left valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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