Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Alternative combinations: Avicula pygmaea, Pseudomonotis pygmaea

Synonym: Avicula striata Münster 1841

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Monotis according to G. C. Laube 1865

See also Bittner 1895 and Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Monotis), Monotis (Pacimonotis), Monotis dalmatina, Monotis haueri, Monotis inaequivalvis, Monotis lineata, Monotis montini, Monotis mukaihatensis, Monotis nelgekhensis, Monotis pinensis, Monotis rudis, Monotis salinaria, Monotis scutiformis, Monotis stoppanii, Monotis styriaca

Type specimens:

• Monotis pygmaea: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
• Avicula striata: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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