Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18
Belongs to Cassianella according to Yu. M. Bychkov et al. 1976
See also Gabb 1870
Sister taxa: Cassianella ampezzana, Cassianella angusta, Cassianella angustula, Cassianella avicularaeformis, Cassianella beyrichii, Cassianella bicostata, Cassianella carinthiaca, Cassianella cordillerana, 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 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 Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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