Daonella americana Smith 1914 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254

Belongs to Daonella according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996

See also Silberling and Nichols 1982 and Smith 1914

Sister taxa: Daonella (Arzelella), Daonella (Longidaonella), Daonella (Pichlerella), Daonella arctica, Daonella boeckhi, Daonella cerneraensis, Daonella densisulcata, Daonella dianana, Daonella dubia, Daonella elongata, Daonella esinensis, Daonella fengshanensis, Daonella franconica, Daonella gaderana, Daonella gosaviensis, Daonella grabensis, Daonella guleensis, Daonella hagighiolensis, Daonella hungarica, Daonella ignobilis, Daonella korkodonica, Daonella kotoi, Daonella lamellosa, Daonella lindstroemi, Daonella lommeli, Daonella longobardica, Daonella marmolatae, Daonella moussoni, Daonella obliquesecta, Daonella obsoleta, Daonella phaseolina, Daonella prima, Daonella proboscidea, Daonella producta, Daonella radiosa, Daonella rieberi, Daonella rudis, Daonella sotschiadensis, Daonella sturi, Daonella subarctica, Daonella subjecta, Daonella subtenuis, Daonella sumatrensis, Daonella teltschenensis, Daonella tenuis, Daonella tenuistriata, Daonella tommasii, Daonella udvariensis, Daonella vaceki, Daonella vavilovi, Daonella zellensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (5 collections), United States (14: Nevada)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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