Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Pleurophorus subcostatus
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1866. Descriptions of invertebrates from the Carboniferous System, Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois 2:145-411
Belongs to Permophorus according to B. S. Kues 1995
See also Brew and Beus 1976, Girty 1903 and Meek and Worthen 1866
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 subovalis, Permophorus tenuistriatus, Permophorus triassicus, Permophorus tropidophorus, Permophorus vendiavkiriensis, Pleurophorus quinquecostatus, Pleurophorus imbricatus, Pleurophorus delawarensis, Pleurophorus timoricus, Pleurophorus lunulus, Pleurophorus meeki, Pleurophorus overbecki, Pleurophorus tricarinatus, Pleurophorus occidentalis, Pleurophorus elongatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (12: Kansas, New Mexico collections)
• Carboniferous of Spain (1), United States (13: Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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