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