Avicula alternans Münster 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Aviculidae

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 Avicula according to G. Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Avicula (Oxytoma), Avicula aculeata, Avicula aequivalvis, Avicula angulosa, Avicula arcoidea, Avicula arcuata, Avicula aspera, Avicula atlantica, Avicula azzarola, Avicula beisseli, Avicula bifrons, Avicula bittneri, Avicula boeckhi, Avicula bronni, Avicula carinthiaca, Avicula caudata, Avicula caudataeformis, Avicula cingulata, Avicula cortinensis, Avicula cosmeta, Avicula crispata, Avicula dalailamae, Avicula decipiens, Avicula depressa, Avicula deshayesi, Avicula destefanoi, Avicula difficilis, Avicula dunkeri, Avicula eximia, Avicula falcata, Avicula frechii, Avicula gainsana, Avicula gallensteini, Avicula gastrodes, Avicula gessneri, Avicula geyeri, Avicula glaberrima, Avicula globulus, Avicula grabovicensis, Avicula gregaria, Avicula gregoryi, Avicula hallensis, Avicula hofmanni, Avicula homfrayi, Avicula insolita, Avicula janiriformis, Avicula japodica, Avicula kautzkyi, Avicula keyserlingi, Avicula kokeni, Avicula kossmati, Avicula kutassyi, Avicula laczkoi, Avicula launsdorfiensis, Avicula lineata, Avicula loomisi, Avicula lorata, Avicula miljacensis, Avicula mucronata, Avicula muensteri, Avicula nitida, Avicula nodosa, Avicula obtusa, Avicula ochotica, Avicula oldroydii, Avicula pannonica, Avicula pellucida, Avicula plicatostriata, Avicula problematica, Avicula prosslinensis, Avicula pseudofrederici, Avicula roguensis, Avicula salomoni, Avicula seisiana, Avicula sinemuriensis, Avicula soperi, Avicula spinicosta, Avicula sturoides, Avicula tarentina, Avicula tofanae, Avicula trigonata, Avicula zeuschneri

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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