Orbicula lata Münster 1841 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Orbicula according to G. C. Laube 1865

See also Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Neocrania anomala, Novocrania anomala, Novocrania bayaniana, Novocrania kermes, Novocrania lecointei, Novocrania turbinata, Orbicula discoidea, Orbicula reflexa, Orbicula lamellosa, Orbicula laevis

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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