Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combination: Venulites donacinus
Belongs to Unionites according to G. Geyer et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, 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, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora omolonica, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora torreana, Myacites radiatus, Myacites faba, Myacites grandis, Myacites baconicus, Myacites depressus, Myacites musculoides, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites (Pleuromya)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wolpertshausen, Heidehöfe (Triassic of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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