Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Alternative combination: Cardita trapezoidalis
Full reference: L. Krumbeck. 1913. Obere Trias von Buru und Misól (Die Fogi-Schichten und Asphaltschiefer West-Burus und der Athyridenkalk des Misól-Archipels). Palaeontographica Supplement 4(2):1-162
Belongs to Palaeocardita according to J. Yin and C. A. McRoberts 2006
See also Hudson and Jefferies 1961
Sister taxa: Palaeocardita austriaca, Palaeocardita buruca, Palaeocardita carinata, Palaeocardita glaukos, Palaeocardita iranica, Palaeocardita peruviana, Palaeocardita quadrata, Palaeocardita silberlingi, Palaeocardita singularis, Palaeocardita stoecklini
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), Indonesia (3), Oman (1), Thailand (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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