Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Isocardia rimosa, Megalodon rimosum, Megalodon rimosus, Megalodus rimosus
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 Pachyrisma according to G. C. Laube 1865
See also Arthaber 1915, Bittner 1895 and Münster 1841
Sister taxa: Pachyrisma (Durga), Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon), Pachyrisma (Pachyrismella), Pachyrisma grande, Pachyrisma rostratum
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 semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (5), Turkey (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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