Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Gonodon astartiformis
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Schafhaeutlia according to S. Dominici and S. Danise 2024
Sister taxa: Schafhaeutlia laubei, Schafhaeutlia mellingi, Schafhaeutlia nebulosa, Schafhaeutlia schafhaeutli, Schafhaeutlia trigona, Gonodon angulatum, Gonodon planum, Gonodon rudis, Gonodon lamellosus, Gonodon esinense, Gonodus timorensis, Gonodus dolomiticus, Gonodus giganteus, Gonodus manzavinii, Krumbeckia tambangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (17 collections), Italy (11), Jordan (1), Romania (1), Singapore (1), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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