Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Belongs to Claraia according to K. Nakazawa 1981
See also Ciriacks 1963
Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bittneri, Claraia chakkapaki, Claraia clarai, Claraia concentrica, Claraia dieneri, 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 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, Peribositra bioni, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Stosch, river 13, locality 514, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (2 collections), Iran (6), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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