Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1942. The neo-Triassic Cassianella fauna of Tyaughton Creek valley, B.C. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 56:99-103
Belongs to Myophoria according to F. H. McLearn 1942
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Rhenania), Myophoria (Tropiphora), Myophoria acuticostata, Myophoria adornata, Myophoria ambilineata, Myophoria beringiana, Myophoria bittneri, Myophoria blainvillei, Myophoria blakei, Myophoria brockensis, Myophoria cairnesi, Myophoria chenopus, Myophoria costulata, Myophoria coxi, Myophoria ebbae, Myophoria elliptica, Myophoria germanica, Myophoria goldfussi, Myophoria harpa, Myophoria heslingtonensis, Myophoria humboldtensis, Myophoria incurvata, Myophoria inflata, Myophoria intermedia, Myophoria kefersteini, Myophoria kokeni, Myophoria kuuoruensis, Myophoria liasica, Myophoria maxima, Myophoria mexicana, Myophoria nifukokoensis, Myophoria ornata, Myophoria picta, Myophoria proharpa, Myophoria reziae, Myophoria solitaria, Myophoria staggi, Myophoria stenonis, Myophoria subtrigonata, Myophoria subvestita, Myophoria timorensis, Myophoria transversa, Myophoria vestita, Myophoria volzi, Myophoria vulgaris, Trigonellites vulgaris
Type specimen: GSC 9442. Its type locality is Zeballos area, which is in a Norian marine siliciclastic in Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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