Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Alternative spelling: Pseudomonotis (Claraia)
Synonyms: Claraia (Pseudoclaraia) Zhang 1980, Peribositra Chen 1981, Pseudoclaraia Zhang 1980
Parent taxon: Claraiini according to J. B. Waterhouse 2001
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Fang et al. 2009, Newell and Boyd 1995, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1935, Vokes 1980, Wasmer and Hautmann 2012 and Waterhouse 2000
Sister taxon: Epiclaraia
Subtaxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia) Claraia amygdaliformis Claraia anulata Claraia aurita Claraia bioni Claraia bittneri Claraia chakkapaki Claraia clarai Claraia concentrica Claraia dieneri Claraia extrema Claraia fenghaiensis Claraia fukianensis Claraia griesbachi Claraia guangyuanensis Claraia guizhouensis Claraia hunanica Claraia intermedia Claraia jiangyouensis Claraia liuqiaoensis Claraia longyanensis Claraia mulleri Claraia ovalis Claraia pamirensis Claraia perthensis Claraia posidoniformis Claraia pulchella Claraia punjabiensis Claraia radialis Claraia shabaonica Claraia stachei Claraia stavropolica Claraia subwangi Claraia vozini Claraia wangi Claraia zhongzaiensis Peribositra baoqingensis Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita
Type: Claraia clarae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (8)
• Triassic of Armenia (12), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (16), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (282), Croatia (1), Greenland (165), Hungary (33), India (16), Indonesia (4), Iran (27), Italy (105), Japan (4), Jordan (4), Kazakhstan (3), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (7), Nepal (4), Norway (1), Oman (17), the Russian Federation (17), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (10), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (33: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (9)
• Permian to Triassic of India (4)
• Permian of China (23), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (3)
Total: 830 collections including 1194 occurrences
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