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 conjugens, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora torreana, Myacites grandis, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites musculoides, Myacites depressus, Myacites radiatus, Myacites faba, Myacites obtusus, Myacites inconspicuus
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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