Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Belongs to Neoschizodus according to Ichikawa 1951
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Neoschizodus) kreitneri, Neoschizodus (Leviconcha), Neoschizodus (Okunominetania), Neoschizodus cardissoides, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus elongatus, Neoschizodus hubeiensis, Neoschizodus kitakamiensis, Neoschizodus kolymensis, Neoschizodus laevigatus, Neoschizodus mongumensis, Neoschizodus orbicularis, Neoschizodus ovatus, Neoschizodus permicus, Neoschizodus praeorbicularis, Neoschizodus thaynesianus
Type specimen: UMUT PM5317. Its type locality is Katsura, Kochi Prefecture, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Katsura Formation of Japan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Katsura, Kochi Prefecture
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