Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Alternative combinations: Halobia moussoni, Posidonomya moussoni
Belongs to Daonella according to J. P. Smith 1914
See also Kittl 1912, Lepsius 1878 and Silberling and Nichols 1982
Sister taxa: Daonella (Arzelella), Daonella (Longidaonella), Daonella (Pichlerella), Daonella americana, Daonella arctica, Daonella boeckhi, Daonella cerneraensis, Daonella densisulcata, Daonella dianana, Daonella dubia, Daonella elongata, Daonella esinensis, Daonella fengshanensis, Daonella franconica, Daonella gaderana, Daonella gosaviensis, Daonella grabensis, Daonella guleensis, Daonella hagighiolensis, Daonella hungarica, Daonella ignobilis, Daonella korkodonica, Daonella kotoi, Daonella lamellosa, Daonella lindstroemi, Daonella lommeli, Daonella longobardica, Daonella marmolatae, Daonella obliquesecta, Daonella obsoleta, Daonella phaseolina, Daonella prima, Daonella proboscidea, Daonella producta, Daonella radiosa, Daonella rieberi, Daonella rudis, Daonella sotschiadensis, Daonella sturi, Daonella subarctica, Daonella subjecta, Daonella subtenuis, Daonella sumatrensis, Daonella teltschenensis, Daonella tenuis, Daonella tenuistriata, Daonella tommasii, Daonella udvariensis, Daonella vaceki, Daonella vavilovi, Daonella zellensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Varenna, which is in an Anisian marine shale in Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (3 collections), Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (3), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Malaysia (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (18: Nevada), Vietnam (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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