Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: K. Nakazawa and N.D. Newell. 1968. Permian bivalves of Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 35(1):1-108
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to Z. J. Fang and D. W. Yin 1995
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Neoschizodus) kreitneri, Neoschizodus (Leviconcha), Neoschizodus (Okunominetania), Neoschizodus cardissoides, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus hubeiensis, Neoschizodus kobayashii, Neoschizodus kolymensis, Neoschizodus laevigatus, Neoschizodus mongumensis, Neoschizodus orbicularis, Neoschizodus ovatus, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus praeorbicularis, Neoschizodus thaynesianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Teranosawa, Maiya, Towa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Tenjinnoki Formation of Japan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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