Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Alternative combinations: Prospondylus comtus, Spondylus comtus
Synonyms: Eumorphotis beneckei Bittner 1901, Pseudomonotis beneckei Bittner 1901
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1863. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Petrefacten Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Länder. Divisio Quarta: Molluscorum acephalicorum reliquiae. Muschelthiere der Vorwelt. 1. Bivalvia. Petrefacta Germaniae 4(1):1-273
Belongs to Neomorphotis according to E. Friesenbichler et al. 2019
See also Goldfuss 1863, Hofmann and Hautmann 2013, Hofmann et al. 2015, Newton 1923 and Ros-Franch et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Eumorphotis amplicostata, Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis ericius, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis nationalis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis spicata, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata, Neomorphotis gigantea, Neomorphotis compta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), China (1), Croatia (3), Germany (1), Italy (4), Romania (1), Singapore (1), Tunisia (1), United States (4: Utah)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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