Hoernesiella carinthiaca Gugenberger 1935 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae

Full reference: O. Gugenberger. 1935. Die Cardita-Schichten von Launsdorf in Mittelkärnten und ihre Fauna. V. Lamellibranchiaten. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 144(1):231-252

Belongs to Hoernesiella according to Gugenberger 1935

Sister taxon: Hoernesiella horrida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Launsdorf I, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Austria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Launsdorf I

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