Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Alternative spelling: Inflatomonotis
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 J. A. Grant-Mackie 1978
See also Grant-Mackie 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Monotis (Entomonotis), Monotis (Eomonotis), 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 (Inflatomonotis) hemispherica Monotis (Inflatomonotis) warepana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence