Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Full reference: S. Kiel, F. Hybertsen, M. Hyžný and A. Klompmaker. 2020. Mollusks and a crustacean from early Oligocene methane-seep deposits in the Talara Basin, northern Peru. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(2718):109-138
Parent taxon: Kalenteridae according to S. Kiel et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Caspiconcha, Celtoides, Curionia, Healeyinae, Kalentera, Kalenterinae, Myoconcha, Myoconchinae, Permophorus, Pleurophorina, Pseudomyoconcha, Pseudopermophorus, Rimmyjimina, Terzileria, Triaphorus, Gujocardita, Permophorinae, Patagocardia, Cypricardites
Subtaxa: Pseudophopsis bitumen Pseudophopsis peruviana
Type: Pleurophopsis peruviana
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Peru (1)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), Peru (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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