Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236
Belongs to Cassianella according to A. Bittner 1895
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 gallensteini, Cassianella gravinaensis, Cassianella gryphaeata, Cassianella johannisboehmi, Cassianella katialotica, Cassianella launsdorfiensis, 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 St. Cassian (K.K. Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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