Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Alternative combinations: Pseudomonotis (Claraia) griesbachi, Pseudomonotis griesbachi
Synonyms: Claraia hubeiensis Chen 1976, Claraia levigata Guo 1985, Crittendenia levigata Guo 1985
Belongs to Claraia according to Y. H. Pan et al. 2014
See also Chen 1976, Guo 1985, He et al. 2007, Hsu 1937, Komatsu and Huyen 2006, Nakazawa 1981, Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933 and Yang et al. 1986
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 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 stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis, Peribositra baoqingensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (94 collections), Hungary (5), India (5), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 110 collections including 127 occurrences
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