Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Parent taxon: Monotis according to Grant-Mackie and Silberling 1990
See also Grant-Mackie 1978 and McRoberts 2011
Sister taxa: Monotis (Eomonotis), 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 (Entomonotis) callazonensis Monotis (Entomonotis) ochotica Monotis (Entomonotis) pachypleura Monotis (Entomonotis) posteroplana Monotis (Entomonotis) richmondiana Monotis (Entomonotis) subcircularis Monotis (Entomonotis) zabaikalica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (18: British Columbia, British columbia), China (2), Colombia (4), Japan (9), Mexico (2), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (3), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (17), United States (17: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 78 collections including 99 occurrences