Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Full reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1978. Subgenera of the Upper Triassic bivalve Monotis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 21(1):97-111
Parent taxon: Monotis according to N. J. Silberling et al. 1997
See also Grant-Mackie 1978, McRoberts 2011, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Inflatomonotis), Monotis (Maorimonotis), Monotis (Monotis), Monotis (Pacimonotis), Monotis dalmatina, Monotis haueri, Monotis inaequivalvis, Monotis lineata, Monotis montini, Monotis mukaihatensis, Monotis nelgekhensis, Monotis pinensis, Monotis pygmaea, Monotis rudis, Monotis salinaria, Monotis scutiformis, Monotis stoppanii, Monotis styriaca
Subtaxa: Monotis (Eomonotis) anjuensis Monotis (Eomonotis) calvata Monotis (Eomonotis) cycloidea Monotis (Eomonotis) daonellaeformis Monotis (Eomonotis) diptonensis Monotis (Eomonotis) inaequivalvis Monotis (Eomonotis) iwaiensis Monotis (Eomonotis) jakutica Monotis (Eomonotis) kiritihereensis Monotis (Eomonotis) kolymica Monotis (Eomonotis) marwicki Monotis (Eomonotis) murihikuensis Monotis (Eomonotis) obtusicostata Monotis (Eomonotis) pinensis Monotis (Eomonotis) rauparaha Monotis (Eomonotis) scutiformis Monotis (Eomonotis) sublaevis Monotis (Eomonotis) typica Monotis (Eomonotis) versicostata Monotis (Eomonotis) wairakae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (19: British Columbia collections), China (2), Japan (5), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (8), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (22), United States (11: Alaska)
Total: 69 collections including 88 occurrences