Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Full reference: C. A. McRoberts and R. B. Blodgett. 2000. Late Triassic (Norian) mollusks from the Taylor Mountains quadrangle, southwestern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1662:55-67
Belongs to Cassianella according to C. A. McRoberts and R. B. Blodgett 2000
Sister taxa: Cassianella ampezzana, Cassianella angusta, Cassianella angustula, Cassianella avicularaeformis, Cassianella beyrichii, Cassianella bicostata, Cassianella carinthiaca, Cassianella decussata, Cassianella dieneri, Cassianella elegantula, Cassianella euglypha, Cassianella euglyphoides, Cassianella gallensteini, Cassianella gravinaensis, Cassianella gryphaeata, Cassianella johannisboehmi, Cassianella katialotica, Cassianella launsdorfiensis, Cassianella lineata, Cassianella lingulata, Cassianella nyanangensis, Cassianella peruana, Cassianella planata, Cassianella pseudoavicularis, Cassianella robusta, Cassianella shastensis, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella sturi, Cassianella subeuglypha, Cassianella symmetrica, Cassianella tenuistria, Cassianella verbeeki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dillingham - #1 (McRoberts & Blodgett, 2000), which is in a Norian marine mudstone in Alaska
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dillingham - #1 (McRoberts & Blodgett, 2000)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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