Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Full reference: L. Krumbeck. 1913. Obere Trias von Buru und Misól (Die Fogi-Schichten und Asphaltschiefer West-Burus und der Athyridenkalk des Misól-Archipels). Palaeontographica Supplement 4(2):1-162

Belongs to Alectryonia according to L. Krumbeck 1913

Sister taxa: Alectryonia clotbeyi, Alectryonia ludoviciana, Alectryonia martinsi, Ostrea (Alectryonia) dilleri, Ostrea (Alectryonia) diluviana, Ostrea (Alectryonia) gregarea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wamkaha, western Buru Island, which is in a Lacian marine marl/limestone in the Fogi Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Indonesia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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