Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Alternative combination: Megalodus klipsteini
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236
Belongs to Megalodon according to A. Bittner 1895
See also Krumbeck 1924
Sister taxa: Megalodon abbreviatus, Megalodon cassianus, Megalodon hungaricum, Megalodon longjiangensis, Megalodon pumilus, Megalodon rostratiforme, Megalodon yanceyi, Megalodus
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 semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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