Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Anodonta lettica, Anodontophora lettica, Anoplophora lettica
Belongs to Unionites according to Z. W. Gu et al. 1976
See also Hudson and Jefferies 1961 and Philippi 1898
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora angulata, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora pappi, Myacites baconicus, Myacites faba, Myacites musculoides, Myacites obtusus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites radiatus, Myacites grandis, Myacites depressus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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