Permophorus rotundus Girty 1927 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combination: Pleurophorus rotundus

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 shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus meeki

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at YUP D2, Yuping section (Triassic of China)

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