Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combination: Pleurophorus subcostatus

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1866. Descriptions of invertebrates from the Carboniferous System, Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois 2:145-411

Belongs to Permophorus according to B. S. Kues 1995

See also Brew and Beus 1976, Girty 1903 and Meek and Worthen 1866

Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, Permophorus bregeri, Permophorus complanatus, Permophorus costatus, Permophorus gregarius, Permophorus guangxingensis, Permophorus lianyuanensis, Permophorus mexicanus, Permophorus oblongus, Permophorus obovatus, Permophorus octocostatus, Permophorus pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus overbecki

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (12: Kansas, New Mexico collections)

• Virgilian of United States (2: New Mexico, Ohio)

• Westphalian of Spain (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (9: Arizona, Kansas)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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