Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Pleurophorus similis
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446
Belongs to Permophorus according to W. J. Foster et al. 2019
See also Ciriacks 1963, Girty 1927, Hautmann et al. 2015, Hofmann et al. 2013 and Hofmann and Hautmann 2013
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 subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (8 collections), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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