Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1975
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Neoschizodus) kreitneri, Neoschizodus (Leviconcha), Neoschizodus (Okunominetania), Neoschizodus cardissoides, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus hubeiensis, Neoschizodus kitakamiensis, Neoschizodus kobayashii, Neoschizodus kolymensis, Neoschizodus laevigatus, Neoschizodus mongumensis, Neoschizodus orbicularis, Neoschizodus ovatus, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus praeorbicularis
Type specimen: AMNH 29158, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is AMNH319A, Midland, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Utah.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH319A, Midland
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