Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Belongs to Pleurophorus according to F. R. C. Reed 1935
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 timoricus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus delawarensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Horseshoe Canyon, Daggett County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Park City Formation of Utah
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rio Claro, Canoinhas
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