Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Alternative combination: Perna orientalis
Belongs to Isognomon according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957
Sister taxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta), Isognomon (Iranognomon), Isognomon (Isognomon), Isognomon (Melina), Isognomon (Mulletia), Isognomon (Parviperna), Isognomon (Semignomon), Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bicolor, Isognomon gariesensis, Isognomon gaudichaudi, Isognomon isognomoides, Isognomon isognomon, Isognomon isognomonoides, Isognomon legumen, Isognomon lusitanicus, Isognomon maxillata, Isognomon nucleus, Isognomon perna, Isognomon radiatus, Isognomon repini, Isognomon ricordeanus, Isognomon valvanoi, Perna latoconvexa, Perna loczyi, Perna mytiloides, Perna subplana, Perna inaequivalvis, Perna infraliasica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Olive Locality (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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