Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combination: Anoplophora fassaensis bittneri
Belongs to Unionites according to J. H. Powell et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora purdoni, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora recta, Myacites faba, Myacites radiatus, Myacites grandis, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites depressus, Myacites musculoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Jordan (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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