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