Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Alternative combination: Monotis circularis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18
Belongs to Pseudomonotis according to J. P. Smith 1927
See also Gabb 1870
Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis equistriata, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, Pseudomonotis gigantea, Pseudomonotis hawni, Pseudomonotis immanis, Pseudomonotis kumpani, Pseudomonotis leiyangensis, Pseudomonotis leptopleura, Pseudomonotis loczyi, Pseudomonotis millhorni, Pseudomonotis mongoliensis, Pseudomonotis nigricans, Pseudomonotis ochotica, Pseudomonotis praecursor, Pseudomonotis qinglongensis, Pseudomonotis robusta, Pseudomonotis sayrei, Pseudomonotis spinosa, Pseudomonotis subangulata, Pseudomonotis sublaevis, Pseudomonotis tibeticus, Pseudomonotis toulai, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pachypteria obliqua, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) indica, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni, Aviculomonotis kazanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shoshone Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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