Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combination: Cardinia conjugens
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Anodontophora according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
See also Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Myacites obtusus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites radiatus, Myacites depressus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites faba, Myacites musculoides, Myacites baconicus, Myacites grandis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora elongata, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gulami, Lower Productus-limestone (Wynne bed 3), Khisor Range, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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