Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Alternative combinations: Myophoria (Leviconcha) orbicularis, Myophoria orbicularis
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to R. Hofmann et al. 2015
See also 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 ovatus, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus praeorbicularis, Neoschizodus thaynesianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Algeria (1 collection), China (12), Germany (3), Israel (1), Italy (20), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Permian to Triassic of China (14)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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