Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Protopis joannae
Full reference: L. Waagen. 1907. Die Lamellibranchiaten der Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alm nebst vergleichend paläontologischen und phylogenetischen Studien. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(2):1-180
Belongs to Joannina according to E. Friesenbichler et al. 2019
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Waagen 1907
Sister taxon: Joannina aberrans
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm, which is in a Longobardian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Italy (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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