Myoconcha giebeli Cox 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Invalid subtaxa: Myoconcha gastrochaena Giebel 1856 [replaced name], Mytilus gastrochaena Giebel 1856 [replaced name]

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1932. Further notes on the Trans-Jordan Trias. Journal of Natural History 10(55):93-113

Belongs to Myoconcha according to L. R. Cox 1932

Sister taxa: Myoconcha (Modiolina), Myoconcha acquatensis, Myoconcha actaeon, Myoconcha americana, Myoconcha amnipacis, Myoconcha appeli, Myoconcha aspasia, Myoconcha auriculata, Myoconcha borealis, Myoconcha broilii, Myoconcha brunneri, Myoconcha costulata, Myoconcha crassa, Myoconcha curvata, Myoconcha decorata, Myoconcha delawarensis, Myoconcha epigonus, Myoconcha gregaria, Myoconcha huancangensis, Myoconcha joanniswanneri, Myoconcha laevis, Myoconcha loeschmanni, Myoconcha maximiliani, Myoconcha muelleri, Myoconcha nana, Myoconcha neuquena, Myoconcha parvula, Myoconcha pavida, Myoconcha plana, Myoconcha psilonoti, Myoconcha ptychitum, Myoconcha qingyanensis, Myoconcha rathieri, Myoconcha recta, Myoconcha retroflexa, Myoconcha roemeri, Myoconcha rugulosa, Myoconcha scabra, Myoconcha taegeri, Myoconcha timorensis, Myoconcha weiri, Myoconcha wohrmanni

Type specimens:

  • Myoconcha giebeli: BMNH L57444.
  • Mytilus gastrochaena:

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (4 collections), Jordan (1), Poland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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