Pleurophorus meeki Walcott 1884 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Belongs to Pleurophorus according to C. D. Walcott 1884

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 imbricatus, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus elongatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: New Mexico collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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