Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1941. Preliminary descriptions of some new Triassic pelecypods from the Peace River foothills, B. C. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 55(3):31-33
Belongs to Myoconcha according to F. H. McLearn 1941
Sister taxa: Myoconcha (Modiolina), Myoconcha acquatensis, Myoconcha actaeon, Myoconcha americana, 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 giebeli, 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 specimen: Geological Survey Ottawa, No. 8795. Its type locality is Mahaffy Cliffs, Peace River, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mahaffy Cliffs, Peace River
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