Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Full reference: Y. M. Bychkov and L. A. Nechitailenko. 1985. Taxonomic names, in Pozdnetriasovye mollyuski Khrebta Kenkeren (Koryakskoe Nagorye). Dvustvorchatye i Golovonogie Mollyuski Mezozoya Severo-Vostoka SSSR 13-14
Belongs to Gryphaea according to Y. M. Bychkov and L. A. Nechitailenko 1985
Sister taxa: Gryphaea (Africogryphaea), Gryphaea (Bilobissa), Gryphaea (Catinula), Gryphaea (Gryphaea), Gryphaea accipiter, Gryphaea arcta, Gryphaea arcuata, Gryphaea arcuataeformis, Gryphaea avicularis, Gryphaea balli, Gryphaea bilobata, Gryphaea brongniarti, Gryphaea colombiana, Gryphaea costellata, Gryphaea cymbium, Gryphaea distorta, Gryphaea eversa, Gryphaea gigantea, Gryphaea keilhaui, Gryphaea mccullochi, Gryphaea mutabilis, Gryphaea navia, Gryphaea nevadensis, Gryphaea obliquata, Gryphaea orientalis, Gryphaea pitcherii, Gryphaea planoconvexa, Gryphaea plicata, Gryphaea stomatoidea, Gryphaea wardi
Type specimen: SVPGO 29/858. Its type locality is Triasovyy creek, Kenkeren Ridge, Koryak (upper Nutekin Fm), which is in a Lacian/Alaunian carbonate limestone in the Nutekin Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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