Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Alternative combination: Avicula gryphaeata
Synonyms: Ostrea avicularis Klipstein 1843, Ostrea bronni Klipstein 1843
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 Cassianella according to G. C. Laube 1865
See also Münster 1841
Sister taxa: Cassianella ampezzana, Cassianella angusta, Cassianella angustula, Cassianella avicularaeformis, Cassianella beyrichii, Cassianella bicostata, Cassianella carinthiaca, Cassianella cordillerana, Cassianella decussata, Cassianella dieneri, Cassianella elegantula, Cassianella euglypha, Cassianella euglyphoides, Cassianella gallensteini, Cassianella gravinaensis, Cassianella johannisboehmi, Cassianella katialotica, Cassianella launsdorfiensis, Cassianella lineata, Cassianella lingulata, Cassianella nyanangensis, Cassianella peruana, Cassianella planata, Cassianella pseudoavicularis, Cassianella robusta, Cassianella shastensis, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella sturi, Cassianella subeuglypha, Cassianella symmetrica, Cassianella tenuistria, Cassianella verbeeki
Type specimens:
- Cassianella gryphaeata: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Ostrea avicularis:
- Ostrea bronni:
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (5 collections)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Italy (6), the Russian Federation (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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