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