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Permophorus similis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Pleurophorus similis was named by Girty (1927).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pleurophorus bregeri by Ciriacks (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Permophorus bregeri by Hofmann and Hautmann (2013) and Hofmann et al. (2013); it was recombined as Permophorus similis by Hautmann et al. (2015) and Foster et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pleurophorus similis Girty p. 446 figs. Pl 30, figs 38,39
2015Permophorus similis Hautmann et al. p. 889 fig. 10E
2019Permophorus similis Foster et al. p. 634 fig. 12A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
genusPermophorusChavan 1954
speciessimilis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Permophorus similis Girty 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height13.63

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 11:02:47
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:02:47
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Griesbachian or 251.30000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Permophorus similis (187267 187275 187276 187277 187278 187279 187283) Trigonodus sp. (96695)
Smithian - Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Nevada) Pleurophorus similis (35168)