Permophorus obovatus Waterhouse 1979 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1979. A new species of Permophorus Chavan (Bivalvia) from the early Triassic of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 22:743-749

Belongs to Permophorus according to J. B. Waterhouse 1979

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 octocostatus, Permophorus pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus occidentalis

Type specimen: NZGS TM5647

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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