Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Pleurophorus tropidophorus
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1875. A report on some of the invertebrate fossils of the Waverly Group and Coal Measures of Ohio. Ohio Geological Survey 2(2):269-347
Belongs to Permophorus according to B. S. Kues 1991
See also Beede 1900, Hoare 1961, Meek 1875 and Morningstar 1922
Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, 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 vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus delawarensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of India (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Belize (1), United States (8: Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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