Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Lithophagus faba, Modiolus (Modiolus) faba
Belongs to Myacites according to Winkler 1859
See also Bittner 1901, Stoppani 1865 and Winckler 1861
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, 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 angulata, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora sublettica, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora isocardioides, Myacites depressus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites baconicus, Myacites grandis, Myacites musculoides, Myacites radiatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections), Hungary (2), Italy (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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