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, Myacites faba, Myacites obtusus, Myacites radiatus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites depressus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites grandis, Myacites musculoides, Myacites baconicus, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora isocardioides
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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