Otapiria Marwick 1935 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Synonym: Pleuromysidia

Parent taxon: Monotidae according to C. A. McRoberts 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Marwick 1953, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eomonotis, Lupherella, Monotinae, Monotis, Otapiriinae, Praeotapiria

Subtaxa: Otapiria annulata Otapiria dissimilis Otapiria dubia Otapiria korkodonensis Otapiria marshalli Otapiria masoni Otapiria neuquensis Otapiria norica Otapiria originalis Otapiria pacifica Pleuromysidia dubia

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Type: Pseudomonotis marshalli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (7), Chile (6), China (3), New Zealand (15), the Russian Federation (7)

• Triassic of Argentina (4), Austria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (4), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (15)

Total: 67 collections including 85 occurrences

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