†family Monotidae Fischer 1887 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Parent taxon: Monotoidei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Grant-Mackie 1978, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Buchioidea, Eurydesmatoidea, Oxytomoidea

Subtaxa: Eomonotis Lupherella Monotinae Monotis Otapiria Otapiriinae Praeotapiria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (7), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (6), China (4), New Zealand (15), the Russian Federation (7)

• Triassic of Argentina (4), Austria (11), Bolivia (1), Canada (43: British Columbia, British columbia), Chile (1), China (4), Colombia (4), East Timor (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (10), Iran (2), Italy (4), Japan (16), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (3), Nepal (1), New Caledonia (5), New Zealand (17), Peru (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (56), Serbia and Montenegro (2), United States (59: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)

• Permian of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 293 collections including 452 occurrences

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