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