Monotis salinaria Schlotheim 1820 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Synonyms: Monotis kaukasica Wittenburg 1913, Monotis limaeformis Gemmellaro 1882

Belongs to Monotis according to E. Kittl 1912

See also Grant-Mackie 1978

Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Monotis), Monotis (Pacimonotis), Monotis dalmatina, Monotis haueri, Monotis inaequivalvis, Monotis lineata, Monotis montini, Monotis mukaihatensis, Monotis nelgekhensis, Monotis pinensis, Monotis pygmaea, Monotis rudis, Monotis scutiformis, Monotis stoppanii, Monotis styriaca

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (6 collections), East Timor (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (10), Iran (1), Italy (2), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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