Pseudoplacunopsis affixa Bittner 1895 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236

Belongs to Pseudoplacunopsis according to Bittner 1895

Sister taxa: Pseudoplacunopsis alpina, Pseudoplacunopsis placentoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (K.K. Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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