Amphijanira Bittner 1901 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Alternative spelling: Pecten (Amphijanira)

Parent taxon: Aviculopectinidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Bittner 1902 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antijanirini, Aviculopecten, Aviculopectininae, Chaenocardiinae, Clavicosta, Echiniferipectininae, Euchondriinae, Eumorphotis, Globodiscini, Hayasakapectininae, Imoella, Neopecten, Ornithopecten, Paradoxipecten, Primahinnites, Qinghaipecten, Spyridopectininae, Undopectininae

Subtaxa: Amphijanira janirula Amphijanira landrana Pecten (Amphijanira) aeriphilus Pecten (Amphijanira) janirulaeformis

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Type: Pecten (Janira) janirula

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Romania (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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