Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative combination: Parainoceramus altineri
Full reference: M. A. Conti and S. Monari. 1991. Bivalve and gastropod fauna from the Liassic Ammonitico Rosso facies in the Bilecik area (Western Pontides, Turkey). Geologica Romana 27:245-301
Belongs to Parainoceramya according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Parainoceramya apollo, Parainoceramya bileciki, Parainoceramya cantianensis, Parainoceramya cramei, Parainoceramya depressa, Parainoceramya dubia, Parainoceramya farinacciae, Parainoceramya fusca, Parainoceramya golberti, Parainoceramya gryphaeoides, Parainoceramya jinjiensis, Parainoceramya martini, Parainoceramya matsumotoi, Parainoceramya nicosiai, Parainoceramya nitescens, Parainoceramya pernoides, Parainoceramya pinnaeformis, Parainoceramya rasenensis, Parainoceramya substriata, Parainoceramya subtilis, Parainoceramya ventricosa, Parainoceramya westermanni
Type specimen: MAC B237. Its type locality is Sample 1, BGA section, Günören, which is in a Jamesoni carbonate limestone in the Bayirkoy Formation of Turkey.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Turkey (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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