Monotis nelgekhensis Truschelev 1977 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Full reference: A. M. Truschelev. 1977. [New Norian Monotis of Yakutia]. [Transactions of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR] 344:23-26

Belongs to Monotis according to A. M. Truschelev 1977

Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Monotis), Monotis (Pacimonotis), Monotis dalmatina, Monotis haueri, Monotis inaequivalvis, Monotis lineata, Monotis montini, Monotis mukaihatensis, Monotis pinensis, Monotis pygmaea, Monotis rudis, Monotis salinaria, Monotis scutiformis, Monotis stoppanii, Monotis styriaca

Type specimen: YATGU No. 73-1. Its type locality is Nel'gekhe River, Adycha basin (daonellaeformis zone), which is in a Norian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nel'gekhe River, Adycha basin (daonellaeformis zone)

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