†Cunavella Astafieva-Urbajtis 1990 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: K. A. Astafieva-Urbajtis. 1990. Vacunella Waterhouse and Cunavella gen. nov. (Bivalvia) from the upper Paleozoic of the USSR. Paleontological Journal 24(2):1-9
Parent taxon: Vacunellidae according to K. A. Astafieva-Urbajtis 1990
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2001
Sister taxa: Myonia, Pachymyonia, Praemyonia, Vacunella
Subtaxa: Cunavella etheridgei Cunavella etheridgeiformis Cunavella petschorica
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (7)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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