Myophoriopis jordanensis Cox 1924 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Myophoricardiidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1924. A Triassic fauna from the Jordan Valley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14(79):52-96

Belongs to Myophoriopis according to L. R. Cox 1924

Sister taxa: Myophoriopis carinata, Myophoriopis gregaroides, Myophoriopis guizhouensis, Myophoriopis intermedia, Myophoriopis kittlii, Myophoriopis latedorsata, Myophoriopis lineata, Myophoriopis moermani, Myophoriopis richthofeni, Myophoriopis rosthorni, Myophoriopsis kraffti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Ayun Musa, which is in an Olenekian/Anisian marine limestone in Jordan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wadi Ayun Musa

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