Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Anoplophora brevis, Myacites brevis
Belongs to Unionites according to G. Geyer et al. 2005
See also Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, 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, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora subovalis, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora pappi, Myacites baconicus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites faba, Myacites musculoides, Myacites radiatus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites depressus, Myacites grandis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Germany (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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