Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) carnarvonensis Skwarko 1988 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1988. Bivalve taxonomic names, in Brachiopods and bivalves of Kungurian (late Early Permian) age from the top of the Coolkilya Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Report - Geological Survey of Western Australia 23:1-15

Belongs to Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) according to S. K. Skwarko 1988

Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) likharevi, Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) sparsicostata, Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) wandageensis

Type specimen: GSWA F43796. Its type locality is East side of Wandagee Hill, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East side of Wandagee Hill

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