Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: G. H. Awad. 1945. On the occurence of Marine Triassic (Muschelkalk) deposits in Sinai. Bulletin de L’Institut d’Egypte 27:397-429
Belongs to Myophoria according to G. H. Awad 1945
Sister taxa: Myophoria (Rhenania), Myophoria (Tropiphora), Myophoria acuticostata, Myophoria adornata, Myophoria ambilineata, Myophoria beringiana, Myophoria bittneri, Myophoria blainvillei, Myophoria blakei, Myophoria brockensis, Myophoria cairnesi, Myophoria chenopus, Myophoria costulata, Myophoria ebbae, Myophoria elliptica, Myophoria germanica, Myophoria goldfussi, Myophoria harpa, Myophoria heslingtonensis, Myophoria humboldtensis, Myophoria incurvata, Myophoria inflata, Myophoria intermedia, Myophoria kefersteini, Myophoria kokeni, Myophoria kuuoruensis, Myophoria liasica, Myophoria maxima, Myophoria mexicana, Myophoria nifukokoensis, Myophoria ornata, Myophoria picta, Myophoria proharpa, Myophoria reziae, Myophoria solitaria, Myophoria staggi, Myophoria stenonis, Myophoria subtrigonata, Myophoria subvestita, Myophoria timorensis, Myophoria transversa, Myophoria vestita, Myophoria volzi, Myophoria vulgaris, Myophoria zeballos, Trigonellites vulgaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Araif-al-Naga, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gebel Araif-al-Naga
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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