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