Cassianella launsdorfiensis 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 Cassianella according to O. Gugenberger 1935

Sister taxa: Cassianella ampezzana, Cassianella angusta, Cassianella angustula, Cassianella avicularaeformis, Cassianella beyrichii, Cassianella bicostata, Cassianella carinthiaca, Cassianella cordillerana, Cassianella decussata, Cassianella dieneri, Cassianella elegantula, Cassianella euglypha, Cassianella euglyphoides, Cassianella gallensteini, Cassianella gravinaensis, Cassianella gryphaeata, Cassianella johannisboehmi, Cassianella katialotica, Cassianella lineata, Cassianella lingulata, Cassianella nyanangensis, Cassianella peruana, Cassianella planata, Cassianella pseudoavicularis, Cassianella robusta, Cassianella shastensis, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella sturi, Cassianella subeuglypha, Cassianella symmetrica, Cassianella tenuistria, Cassianella verbeeki

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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