Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combination: Anodontophora postera
Belongs to Unionites according to Z. W. Gu et al. 1976
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 rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora elongata, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora torreana, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites grandis, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites faba, Myacites radiatus, Myacites depressus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites musculoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Unionites posterus in the database
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