Pleurophorus timoricus Krumbeck 1924 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: L. Krumbeck. 1924. Die Brachiopoden, Lamellibranchiaten und Gastropoden der Trias von Timor II. Palaeontologie von Timor 13:1-275

Belongs to Pleurophorus according to L. Krumbeck 1924

Sister taxa: Permophorus albequus, Permophorus angustus, Permophorus arcus, Permophorus bregeri, Permophorus complanatus, Permophorus costatus, Permophorus gregarius, Permophorus guangxingensis, Permophorus lianyuanensis, Permophorus mexicanus, Permophorus oblongus, Permophorus obovatus, Permophorus octocostatus, Permophorus pricei, Permophorus proprius, Permophorus rotundus, Permophorus shuangfengensis, Permophorus similis, Permophorus subcostatus, Permophorus subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Noil Sabau near Kapan and Bijeli, which is in an Olenekian carbonate limestone in the Cephalopod Limestone Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Noil Sabau near Kapan and Bijeli

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