Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Full reference: B. S. Kues. 2004. Stratigraphy and brachiopod and molluscan paleontology of the Red Tanks Formation (Madera Group) near the Pennsylvanian–Permian boundary, Lucero uplift, west-central New Mexico. Carboniferous–Permian transition at Carrizo Arroyo, central New Mexico 25:143-210
Belongs to Permophorus according to B. S. Kues 2004
Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus bregeri, Permophorus complanatus, Permophorus costatus, Permophorus gregarius, Permophorus guangxingensis, Permophorus lianyuanensis, Permophorus mexicanus, Permophorus oblongus, Permophorus obovatus, Permophorus octocostatus, Permophorus pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus occidentalis
Type specimen: 16,007-3. Its type locality is Locality 11-M-1, La Luz Canyon, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Laborcita Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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