Myoconcha auriculata Broili 1904 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: F. Broili. 1904. Die Fauna Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alp (mit Ausschluss der Gastropoden und Cephalopoden). Palaeontographica 50:145-227

Belongs to Myoconcha according to F. Broili 1904

Sister taxa: Myoconcha (Modiolina), Myoconcha acquatensis, Myoconcha actaeon, Myoconcha americana, Myoconcha amnipacis, Myoconcha appeli, Myoconcha aspasia, Myoconcha borealis, Myoconcha broilii, Myoconcha brunneri, Myoconcha costulata, Myoconcha crassa, Myoconcha curvata, Myoconcha decorata, Myoconcha delawarensis, Myoconcha epigonus, Myoconcha giebeli, Myoconcha gregaria, Myoconcha huancangensis, Myoconcha joanniswanneri, Myoconcha laevis, Myoconcha loeschmanni, Myoconcha maximiliani, Myoconcha muelleri, Myoconcha nana, Myoconcha neuquena, Myoconcha parvula, Myoconcha pavida, Myoconcha plana, Myoconcha psilonoti, Myoconcha ptychitum, Myoconcha qingyanensis, Myoconcha rathieri, Myoconcha recta, Myoconcha retroflexa, Myoconcha roemeri, Myoconcha rugulosa, Myoconcha scabra, Myoconcha taegeri, Myoconcha timorensis, Myoconcha weiri, Myoconcha wohrmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm, which is in a Longobardian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Iran (1 collection), Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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