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†Myophoria (Costatoria) minor Chen 1976 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Full reference: C. Z. Chen. 1976. Taxonomic names. The Fossil Lamellibranchiata of China 1-522

Belongs to Myophoria (Costatoria) according to C. Z. Chen 1976

Sister taxa: Costatoria (Napengocosta), Costatoria costata, Costatoria fallax, Costatoria inaequicostata, Costatoria katsurensis, Costatoria kobayashii, Costatoria melanesiana, Costatoria nazeensis, Costatoria omanica, Costatoria subrotunda, Costatoria vestitaeformis, Costatoria whateleyae, Myophoria (Costatoria) goldfussi, Myophoria (Costatoria) kweichowensis, Myophoria (Costatoria) mansuyi, Myophoria (Costatoria) nuitoensis, Myophoria (Costatoria) radiata, Myophoria (Costatoria) submultistriata, Myophoria (Costatoria) szechenyii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jushui sponge mounds (Triassic of China)

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