Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Axinus elongatus, Pullastra elongata
Belongs to Anodontophora according to E. Jaworski 1922
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora torreana, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites grandis, Myacites depressus, Myacites faba, Myacites musculoides, Myacites baconicus, Myacites radiatus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites inconspicuus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Huairas, Huánuco (Triassic of Peru)
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