Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Alternative combinations: Myophoria (Leviconcha) praeorbicularis, Myophoria praeorbicularis
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1901. Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias des Bakonyer Waldes [Bivalves from the Triassic of the Bakony Forest]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(3):1-107
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to M. Hautmann et al. 2013
See also Bittner 1901, Gu et al. 1976 and Ogilvie Gordon 1927
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Neoschizodus) kreitneri, Neoschizodus (Leviconcha), Neoschizodus (Okunominetania), Neoschizodus cardissoides, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus hubeiensis, Neoschizodus kitakamiensis, Neoschizodus kobayashii, Neoschizodus kolymensis, Neoschizodus laevigatus, Neoschizodus mongumensis, Neoschizodus orbicularis, Neoschizodus ovatus, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus thaynesianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (2 collections), Italy (3), Jordan (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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